Wall Street Protesters Score First Major Victory, Turn Back Bloomberg’s...
From the New York Times: The cleanup of the Lower Manhattan park that has been occupied by protesters for nearly a month was postponed Friday shortly before it was supposed to begin, averting a feared...
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#NYCMarch2DC Arrival In DC Shows A Movement That Won’t Back Down
You could hear them a few blocks away from McPherson Square, but it was clear when the honks started that they had arrived. Marchers, about 25 of whom had been walking since they started at Zuccotti...
View ArticleStates Crack Down on Voter Access—Time to Fight Back
In state capitals across the country, the legislators who should be accountable to voters are busy pushing ways to keep more voters away from the polls. Harsh crackdowns on voting are a disturbing...
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How Seven Elected Officials Are Standing Up to the Banks
“You have really been fantastic!” wrote William from Bearsville, New York, “Rarely have I been able to write that someone I voted for has actually acted as I would act…truly representative government!...
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The Desperate Need for Affordable Housing
Photo by woodleywonderworks on Flickr, via Creative Commons In July I wrote about folk stampeding for Section 8 housing vouchers in Dallas, when thousands of people showed up, some waiting all night,...
View ArticleNew York On the Right Track With Minimum Wage Increase
Today, Democrats in the New York State Assembly will propose a raise in the state minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50. This is smart economic policy, and other states should take notice. Sheldon Silver,...
View ArticleSchneiderman Heard You
Last week we emailed you to urge you to express your support for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to hold banks accountable for foreclosure fraud and other abuses. Over 5,000 of you sent...
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3 Labor Movement Victories You Didn’t Hear Anything About
Working America canvassers are pounding the pavement every day to fight for jobs and democracy. But according to Washington Post inside-the-Beltway columnist Dana Milbank, the labor and progressive...
View ArticleJuicy Couture’s Health Care Dodge
Reposted from AFL-CIO NOW Juicy Couture, that hip, L.A.-centric, high-end clothing and apparel chain, is engaging in what can only be described as tragically unhip corporate behavior. It is, workers...
View Article99 Stories and More to Come: Job-Killing Sequester Cuts Hurt Families Across...
Reposted from AFL-CIO NOW Forget the silly fluff pieces mainstream media are reporting about sequestration’s effect on White House tours—there is real pain happening all over the United States. Sam...
View ArticleBoosting the Minimum Wage in the States Is a No-Brainer
Reposted from AFL-CIO NOW With the federal minimum wage stuck at $7.25 an hour and an increase facing stiff opposition from congressional Republicans, coalitions of union, community, faith and other...
View ArticleYou Might Have Missed These (Unexpected) Organizing Victories for Women
What do diet industry workers, music video dancers, and fashion models have in common? It’s the labor movement. Probably wasn’t your first guess. But workers in these three primarily female sectors...
View ArticleNew York City Council OK’s Paid Sick Leave for More Than 1 Million Workers
Reposted from AFL-CIO NOW New York City workers will receive, starting next year, five paid sick days a year to care for themselves or an ill family member under a measure the New York City Council...
View Article10 Jobs You Probably Didn’t Know Were Union Jobs
Reposted from AFL-CIO NOW When most people think about union members, they probably picture blue-collar workers in factories. Maybe teachers, police, firefighters and other government employees come...
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NY City Council Overrides Bloomberg Veto to Enact Paid Sick Days
On Thursday morning, the New York City Council overrode a veto by Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) to pass a new paid sick days requirement for businesses with more than 15 employees. Employees at those...
View ArticleStop in the Name of Love—of Country
Guest post by Leo Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers. This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post. The conduct of the New York State Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in...
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Bronx Carwasheros Latest to Win Union Voice
Workers at the WCA Car Wash in Soundview in South Central Bronx, N.Y, voted unanimously to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Their victory builds on the momentum that has...
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5 Signs of Hope for Working Families In Yesterday’s New York City Elections
City Council candidate Carlos Menchaca Local and municipal elections matter. Just ask a service worker in Philadelphia who can’t afford to take a sick day because the city council was one vote short...
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‘We Want to Work’: 12 Federal Jobs That Are Vital to the Lives of America’s...
Johnny Zuagar just wants to go back to work. It’s been 72 hours since he’s been locked out of his job at the U.S. Census Bureau in Suitland, Md., and he’s scared. “I don’t know what bills to pay,”...
View ArticleWorking Families See Big Wins in Tuesday’s Elections
Yesterday, working families saw major wins in the elections held in New York, Virginia, Boston, Ohio and New Jersey. The impact of grassroots power was especially evident in the groundbreaking minimum...
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