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In a time when politicians are wringing their hands over “out-of-control” spending, Pennsylvania’s Office of Homeland Security has contracted the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response, a private company, to assess terrorist threats--like Jobs with Justice.

Home health workers and childcare workers will lose their unions if the Right to Work foundation has its way in court. This long-time foe of unionization denies their status as workers.

Ask airport security workers who runs the Transportation Security Administration, and the “good old boys’ club” comes up a lot. Two unions are vying at TSA, campaigning for bargaining rights so they can square off in an election.

Close to 3.5 million workers took to the streets of France Tuesday, protesting the government’s plans to cut public pensions. The demonstrations included disruptive strikes among key groups of workers, which some unions want to continue indefinitely.

What are workers to do when, after they file a petition for a union election, the employer declares the entire workforce no longer employed? That’s what happened early this summer to adjunct faculty trying to organize at East-West University in Chicago.

Ballot counting wrapped up late Thursday in one of the most hotly contested union elections in years. Workers at Kaiser Permanente’s 331 California hospitals and clinics stuck with the Service Employees (SEIU) third-largest local, UHW.

Railroad engineers saved their right to vote for top officers, voting 3 to 1 in a national referendum to preserve it. A last-gasp bid by the old guard this week was dropped.