Deception seems to be the name of the game at Volkswagen. As if the diesel emissions scandal wasn’t enough, Volkswagen is now deceiving working people at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Workers in the skilled trades division of the plant last year voted overwhelmingly to join the UAW to create a better workplace. Volkswagen executives. Read on
Last week, I had the amazing opportunity to be a delegate representing the AFL-CIO to the 3rd Congress of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA), at the invitation of Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre.
TUCA is the regional organization of the International Trade Union Confederation, the global labor movement. Nearly 500 delegates representing countries across the Americas came together around a theme of More Democracy, More Rights, Better Jobs.
May Day marches and rallies in Southern California this past weekend, drew thousands of people energized by the Bernie Sanders campaign and motivated against everything Donald Trump stands for. Activists pushed a 40 foot tall effigy of Trump holding a Ku Klux Klan hood while chanting. Ernesto Arce reports from Los Angeles. Read More...
TORONTO, ON – IATSE Local 58 has expanded its jurisdiction with two existing employers; The Harbourfront Centre and Artscape. Stage employees at the Fleck Dance Theatre, located in The Harbourfront Centre, approached Local 58 for representation and the local filed an application for certification with the Ontario Labour Relations Board on April 4. Mirroring that story, Local 58 also began to work with the stage employees at Artscape Sandbox, and an application for that venue was filed on April 11.
Hundreds of Teamsters and allies from Working Partnerships USA and Jobs with Justice protested outside Chipotle Mexican Grills across the country last week to educate consumers about food safety issues with Taylor Farms, a supplier to Chipotle.
Days before a potential strike against unfair practices, the Los Angeles Labor Movement is joining 6,000 janitors across Los Angeles County to support their rights to be treated fairly as they fight for fair wages and protections against economic exploitation, wage theft, and sexual assault.
Winner: San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, who has pledged to donate $500 for every strikeout this season to Helmets to Hard hats. So far his total is $19,000, after a nine-strikeout performance last week.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe will allow more than 200,000 ex-cons in Virginia to register to vote in the upcoming presidential election, one of the biggest actions taken by a state to instantly restore voting rights.
The change applies to all felons who have completed their sentences and been released from supervised probation or parole. The Democratic governor’s decision particularly affects black residents of Virginia: 1 in 4 African Americans in the state has been permanently banned from voting because of laws restricting the rights of those with convictions.
In a new report, researchers from the University of Washington presented data that showed 'little or no evidence' of price increases in most sectors. Before the minimum wage law took effect, most retailers
said they would have to charge more—and most low-wage workers were worried that they would have to spend more for necessities. So far, that hasn't happened. Read more
Verizon has been moving call center work overseas, and IT jobs may be shifting as well.
A key issue raised by labor unions in their weeklong strike against Verizon is the offshoring of work. The unions say Verizon has plans to send more jobs overseas. Verizon isn't saying what it is doing in this respect, but there is a paper trail of documents filed by its employees that point to offshoring. Read more