Labor

UPDATE: After 9-Month Dispute, Port Union and Labor Secretary Perez Reach Deal with Management
Mario Vasquez

Jury Awards Guestworkers Over $14 Million in Landmark Human Trafficking, Forced Labor Case
Rachel Luban

UConn Graduate Students Win Union Through Rank-and-File Action
Puya Gerami

Why the New Law Combating Wage Theft in Chicago’s Cook County is a Big Deal
Kevin Solari

Striking Oil Workers Are Fighting for Safe Communities, Not Just Better Conditions for Themselves
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Illinois Billionaire Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Anti-Union Plan Hits a Roadblock
David Moberg

At Last: New Labor Board Ruling Could Finally Allow Professors at Private Universities to Unionize
Alexandra Bradbury

An Oil Worker & a Union Staffer Explain Why 1,000s of Oil Workers Across the Country Are On Strike
David Bacon

If Teachers Can’t Make Their Unions More Democratic and Social Justice-Minded, Public Ed Is Doomed
Bob Peterson

Canada’s Supreme Court Just Enshrined Public Sector Workers’ Right to Strike
Gerard Di Trolio
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