The budget passed by the Maryland General Assembly during a special session called by Gov. O’Malley saved more than 500 state jobs and includes a pay raise for every AFSCME member who works for the state or university system. (Photo by Edward Kim…

(OAKLAND, Calif.)-The American Federation of Government Employees today called for increased staffing and improved training for supervisors and disability claim representatives working at the California Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA) offices fo…

“Dave Cote is feeling the beat. He takes a sip of Mountain Dew and bobs his head in time to the throbbing bass of Jay-Z's “Hard Knock Life.” So begins a Fortune magazine profile titled “How Dave Cote Got Honeywell's Groo…

Faced by a hostile mayor and City Council bent on taking more away from middle- class families, city workers of AFSCME Local 127 defiantly stood their ground and beat back attempts to cut overtime hours and ban compensatory time. Workers, who provide a…

Chicago is often billed as the nation’s top destination and departure point for Chinese imports and exports. The city’s capacity for trade with China is supposed to get a big boost in the coming years because of a planned new $200 million…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Restore Our Future, an outside “Super PAC” backing Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, raised $3.9 million in April, less than half of its haul in March but still far ahead of its Democratic counterpart working to re-…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Restore Our Future, an outside “Super PAC” backing Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, raised $3.9 million in April, less than half the haul it collected in March, the group’s financial disclosures showed on Sunday.

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In the labor movement's main contribution to protests at NATO's meeting in Chicago this weekend, a thousand members of the National Nurses Union–joined by several thousand supporters–rallied Friday on behalf of their campaign to “heal Ameri…

Brandworkers Large settlement and code of conduct represent biggest victory yet in Focus on the Food Chain campaign to improve New York City’s food processing and distribution sector New York, NY- After enduring a withering worker-led campaign, Flaum Appetizing, a prominent producer and distributor of hummus and other kosher food products, has accepted a global [...]

This is cross-posted from Broadcast Union News:  IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) Local One — the men and women who construct, install, maintain, and operate the lighting and sound equipment, the scenery and speci…