Connecticut Public Workers Facing $1.5B In Concessions, Threat Of Layoffs

A coalition of labor unions representing Connecticut public workers are facing $1.5 billion dollars in concession demands underscored by the real and imminent threat of potentially thousands of layoffs.

VW Must Respond To New Chattanooga Labor Law Violation Charge By May

VW has until May 24th to respond to a new NLRB labor law violations charge. VW already was charged for refusing to recognize and bargain with UAW Local 42 at the VW Chattanooga Tennessee plant.

213,000 Letter Carriers Reach Tentative New Labor Deal With Postal Service

The National Association of Letter Carriers has reached a tentative new labor agreement with the U.S. Postal Service covering 213,000 active city letter carriers nationwide.

More Fake Facts About CEO Pay from the American Enterprise Institute

Nurses Urge Rejection of The "Mortal Threat" Of House Health Bill As CA Medicare For All Advances

A hundred National Nurses United RN's were on Capitol Hill Wednesday urging the Senate to reject the "mortal threat" of the House health care bill. The nurses say the House Republican health insurance bill is “a mortal threat to the health and well-being of our patients, and to the health security of our country.”

"Strong Majority" Of University of Chicago Grad Student Workers File For Union Election

A "strong majority" of grad student workers at the University of Chicago want a union. They filed Monday for an NLRB union representation election.

IATSE CONGRATULATES WGA AND AMPTP ON FINALIZING NEGOTIATIONS

Largest U.S. Nurses Unions Says AHCA Is 'Cruel And Unusual Punishment' For Millions of Americans

The nation’s largest nurses’ union has condemned the passage of the American Health Care Act by House Republicans as “cruel and unusual punishment” for millions of Americans. Following the vote National Nurses United issued a statement saying the bill to overturn the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, would deprive tens of millions of Americans of their health coverage and threaten millions more with bankruptcy.

Brazilian Unions: Anti-Austerity General Strike Was 'Just The Beginning'

Labor unions in Brazil have promised that the general strike that mobilized 35 million workers and paralyzed much of the country at the end of April “was just the beginning” of their fight against anti-worker reforms promoted by the government of wildly unpopular President Michel Temer. The unions are planning actions this week in all 27 of Brazil’s states, and will march on the nation’s capital of Brasilia next week to put pressure on politicians. The proposed austerity

The Economy Adds 211,000 Jobs in April, and Unemployment Little Changed at 4.4%

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