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Like public sector workers everywhere, New York City’s transit workers face a withering attack on our compensation and our collective organization. The conditions for austerity began long ago, but resistance to these political decisions is possible, though not easy.

When millions lost their jobs and homes when the credit bubble burst in 2008, one slower-motion rip-off gained speed as well. In 2009, 50 million workers lost over $1 trillion invested in their 401(k) retirement accounts.

The dream of a dignified retirement didn’t just evaporate,...

Caterpillar announced Friday it would close its London, Ontario, locomotive plant after 465 workers there refused to grant concessions that would cut their wages in half. Cat will ship the jobs to a non-union plant in Indiana.

As Indiana becomes the nation’s 23rd right-to-work state, unionists and Occupiers are considering what actions to take as the nation’s attention focuses on the NFL championship in Indianapolis.

Connecticut nursing home workers are making it personal for a scofflaw employer who’s locked them out of their jobs, seeking big takeaways. Members of Service Employees 1199 protested at the "institute for justice" their boss founded.

After workers at an Inland Empire warehouse began organizing, their company was fined for breaking the law. But now Walmart's contractor is ending their jobs—and the workers are calling it retaliation.

President Obama blew a kiss to Apple in his State of the Union speech. The timing couldn’t be weirder: Reports on its abysmal factory conditions in China are rampant, causing Apple to partner with Nike's favorite monitoring group. Is that a step forward?