SEIU Fights Against a Union For Its Fight For $15 Campaigners
Organizers worry the union’s hypocrisy will hurt their efforts
The Indypendent
David Moberg
Where does Merrick Garland Stand on Labor Issues?
Despite hardline Senate Republican opposition to meeting with, let alone voting on, any potential replacement for recently deceased Supreme…
The Axe Falls on 50 Chicago Public Schools
At times, the meeting of the Board of Education of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on Wednesday took on the…
Lawsuit Charges Walmart Can’t Shirk Liability for Contract Workers
Walmart may soon find it harder to avoid responsibility, as it has in the past, for the mistreatment of…
Walmart Strikers Challenge Culture of Threats, Fear
On the seventh anniversary of working at a Walmart store in a Chicago suburb, Charmaine Givens-Thomas nervously spoke into…
Wal-Mart Warehouse Workers Move Ahead in Fight for Justice
Warehouse workers from Wal-Mart distribution centers in metropolitan Chicago and southern California took two big steps this week toward enforcing laws on…
Chicago Unions Resist Mayor Emanuel’s ‘Threat’
With only a few exceptions, Chicago union leaders did not support Rahm Emanuel when he was elected mayor of…
Job Prospects Take a Turn for the Worse
The Labor Department’s job figures for June brought unalloyed bad news: the job market has stalled. And as Republican…
Middle Class? Working Class? What’s the Difference?
In his press conference Wednesday, President Obama spoke frequently of the difficulties “the middle class” continues to endure as…
Weighing General Strike Option, Wisconsin Unions Map Fights on Many Fronts
Ten days after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker proposed severely crippling public employee unions and virtually eliminating collective bargaining, the…