Senate Bill to Curtail Labor Rights on Tribal Land Falls Short

Organized labor managed an increasingly rare feat on Monday — a political victory — when its allies turned back a Senate measure aimed at rolling back labor rights on tribal lands.

Senate Bill to Curtail Labor Rights on Tribal Land Falls Short

Coalition Launches Paid Sick Leave Campaigns in San Antonio, Dallas

When working people in Austin achieved a historic paid sick leave ordinance, it was just the beginning.

Now, a move to expand the common-sense initiative that promotes both justice and public health in Texas has launched in two more cities.

Coalition Launches Paid Sick Leave Campaigns in San Antonio, Dallas

Mike Siegel for Congress Joins Growing List of Unionized Campaigns

Mike Siegel’s campaign for the 10th Congressional District of Texas has recognized a union to represent its campaign workers, joining a growing movement of political campaigns with unionized staff.

Mike Siegel for Congress Joins Growing List of Unionized Campaigns

How Does Your State Stack Up on Pay Equity for Women?

The notion of bringing home 80 cents for every dollar pocketed by a man on a national basis is unsettling enough. But it's even more startling when those lost wages are added up.

How Does Your State Stack Up on Pay Equity for Women?

Want To Carry On Martin Luther King Jr.’s Work? Join A Union

Fifty years ago this week, Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis, Tennessee, to march with the city’s striking black sanitation workers. Wages were bad, and conditions were so unsafe that workers were seriously injured or even killed while using the trash compactors of their trucks.

Want To Carry On Martin Luther King Jr.’s Work? Join A Union

Lara: Labor provisions in NAFTA re-negotiation should be truly enforceable

Lara told the Committee on International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs, however, that labor could support NAFTA if the needs of working people are met.

Lara: Labor provisions in NAFTA re-negotiation should be truly enforceable