Tag: Workers’ Rights

The AFL-CIO today applauded the U.S. Department of Labor’s decision to accept its complaint regarding the government of Bahrain’s failure to live up to its trade agreement commitments with respect […]

click here for PDF of letter June 15, 2011 The Honourable Ed Fast Minister of International Trade Government of Canada Ottawa, ON ed.fast@parl.gc.ca / fax (613) 996-9795 Dear Minister Fast, […]

When a few hundred oil workers in southwestern Kazakhstan launched a strike to demand higher wages in early May, no one expected the protest would last long or have much […]

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EDMONTON – High-profile strikes erupted across Alberta in the summer of 1986 as the oil boom went bust, often pitting workers against police in what many saw as a fight […]

Now that the state budget has received a stamp of approval from the Joint Finance Committee, the war of words is heating up once again. This time in the form […]

Day six of the Walkerville tent city protest has seen overwhelming support from Wisconsin workers, students and community members. Over the course of the week, thousands of Wisconsinites have gathered […]

Devon Whitman of the AFL-CIO Field Department reports on a huge victory for domestic workers at the International Labor Organization (ILO) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Last night, following a week […]

Egyptian workers take to the streets, defying the controversial anti-strike law, as they call for better working conditions but the police use force to cut out their voice Late afternoon […]

Translator’s note: On May 24, a massive explosion and fire at a newly inaugurated oil refinery in Abadan led to the deaths and injuries of an unknown number of workers. […]

More than 1,000 Wisconsin firefighters, nurses, farmers and community members marched through Madison today to the Capitol Square to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) extreme and anti-middle class budget. The […]

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) apparently doesn’t want to be reminded of the people who will feel the sting of his budget cuts. It was revealed last week that Walker, […]

Doctors and nurses who treated injured anti-government protesters during the unrest in Bahrain went on trial in a security court on Monday accused of participating in efforts to overthrow the […]

MADISON, Wis. — Those against Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal are settling in for the long haul, pitching tents at the Capitol Square. The lines have been drawn and the […]

This just out. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Republican state Sen. Dan Kapanke, who’s facing a recall election after voting to kill collective bargaining rights for public employees, […]

State Sen. Dan Kapanke, a Republican facing a possible recall election, says he’s got one huge obstacle that he must overcome to keep his seat. All the government workers in […]

A Dane County judge struck down Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial collective bargaining law on Thursday, ruling that a legislative committee law violated the state’s open meetings law when it hastily […]

Madison – Supporters of Milwaukee’s school choice program spent more than $3 million in 2009 and 2010 to help elect Governor Scott Walker and much of the GOP-controlled legislature while […]

111 trade union leaders and members, including the President of the IUF-affiliated TEKGIDA-İŞ along with four other national officers of the union and 12 branch presidents, and current and former […]

Two alarming reports recently out point to long-term trends in the U.S. economy that don’t bode well for maintaining a strong middle class in this nation. Between 1980 and 2009, […]

Right to Work legislation has been returning, like a zombie to NH since the 1980’s. It’s been rejected every time. This year, with an NH House filled with a huge […]

ST. JOHN’S, NL, May 12 /CNW/ – A government-commissioned report examining the 18-month labour dispute at Voisey’s Bay is a vindication for all workers in Newfoundland and Labrador. “Although we […]

AFL Convention a success: Read all about it! About 400 delegates and guests attended the AFL convention in Calgary for a packed schedule of events that included: A moving ceremony […]

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (D) vetoed a so-called right to work bill today, saying that “There is no evidence that this legislation will offer any benefits to New Hampshire’s […]