U.S. Supreme Court Takes Employee Mandatory Arbitration Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on mandatory arbitration agreements. Workers are being forced to sign mandatory arbitration agreements that waive their rights to go to court as conditions of employment nationwide.

Kentucky State AFL-CIO Responds to Republican Assault on Working People

After Republican legislators in Kentucky passed several anti-worker laws, Kentucky State AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan made the following statement:

Laborer's Union Helps Non-Union North Dakota Oil Workers Get Unpaid Wage

42 non-union workers in the North Dakota Bakken oil field got stiffed nearly three quarters of a million dollars in wages and other compensation by WCE Oil Field Services going into receivership.

Kentucky GOP Lawmakers Attack Worker Rights With Anti-Union Bill

When Republicans take government power in state houses they attack labor unions and worker rights - time and again that has proven true over many years now.

AFT's Randi Weingarten: Devos Is Antithesis Of What Education Needs

AFL-CIO Tells Congress - Don't Repeal ACA Without Immediate Replacement

The AFL-CIO says Congress should abandon plans for the "reckless repeal of the Affordable Care Act without providing an immediate replacement. Approximately 20 million people have insurance through the Affordable Care Act that they will lose if its repealed.

Tell Your Legislators to Oppose Trump’s Nominee for Labor Secretary

Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of labor—fast food CEO Andrew Puzder—would be a disaster for working Americans. He’s railed against a meaningful increase in the minimum wage, opposed expanding overtime pay and supported replacing working people with machines. Of his Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants that were investigated for labor law complaints, 60% were found to have violated the law.

Los Angeles Mayor: Workers Still Have Allies In States And Cities Across America

With an incoming U.S. federal government likely to be hostile to organized labor, states like California could play a greater role in trying to advance labor rights.

Los Angeles, for example, has adopted a $15 an hour minimum wage.

The Fight Social Justice Is A Full-Time Job; Fund Supports Student Activists

The fight for social justice is a full-time job. That’s been the driving philosophy behind the Davis Putter Scholarship Fund for more than half-a-century. The fund provides grants to students actively working for peace and justice.

NLRB Issues Complaint Over Misclassification Of Menards Drivers

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