Labor Presses Case Against Privatization
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The AFL-CIO on Tuesday stepped up its opposition to private Social Security accounts, accusing Wall Street's main trade group of favoring policy changes that would put workers' retirement at risk.
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The Teamsters union heated up the debate over reshaping the labor movement yesterday by proposing to slash the AFL-CIO&#39;s budget and finance a four-year campaign of political and union
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A union-backed group is to launch two television ads today that feature Wal-Mart workers calling on their employer to improve working conditions and make company health insurance more affordable.
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A plan to have private investors build a national wireless broadband network for emergency workers met resistance.
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Unions consider strike calls over government plans to raise public sector workers' pension age.
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Striking health workers aim for Labour support in their bid to block the sell-off of the NHS supply agency.
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New York City employee pension  funds are calling on two top Internet companies to do more to  protect free speech in repressive countries, joining a year-old  campaign by human rights groups.
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Human Rights Watch on the frontlines of the child labor battle.
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A steelworkers union is suing to block the sale of Cooper Tire &amp; Rubber Co.&#39;s automotive group, contending that buyers must first negotiate labor contracts before any such sale can be arranged.
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The Office and Professional Employees International Union yesterday filed to intervene in a rate hike request by Washington Gas Light Co.,  saying it planned to protest the proposal out of concern that the company may hire outside contractors to replace customer service workers, which the union...
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In a landmark overhaul of pay eligibility, the Labor Department and unions clash over how much clarity has really been attained. By JEFF HARRINGTON, Times Staff Writer.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25  â An investment group affiliated with labor unions has called on Countrywide Financial, the struggling mortgage lender, to let shareholders play a role in nominating a successor to Henry G. Cisneros on the companyâs board.
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WASHINGTON - Several hundred union members marched outside the Labor Department to protest new overtime pay regulations taking effect Monday, with two senators pledging to try to roll them back when Congress returns from recess.    Protesters, many wearing union T-shirts, carried signs such as "President Bush: Hands off my overtime pay," and chanted, "Come on all you billionaires, give us wages that are fair."  "The fight is not over yet," said Republican Sen...
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Ailing ground zero workers are going to court to demand that the company overseeing a $1 billion Sept. 11 insurance fund uses it to pay for their health care.
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Lawmakers are pushing to expand the U.S. guest worker program, but labor experts say workers suffer abuses.
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Alitalia Air Line's trade unions are asking for more information concerning the airline's labor strategy before voting on new contracts, AGI.com reports.
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The nonprofit company that runs the Prince George's hospital system has gone to court to pry loose public dollars that hospital officials say are needed to keep the system open.