Civil and Workplace Rights
Working for the freedom from employment discrimination and the right of working families to fair pay, job safety, secure retirements and affordable health care have been goals fundamental to the union movement, which has long partnered with the civil rights and women’s movements and, more recently, with the LGBTQ community.
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Walmart is the largest private employer in the world, and the Walton family, owners of the company, has more wealth than 43% of Americans combined.
Colombia's Marcha Patriótica and Lazos de Dignidad Tour of the United States
Labor Event:Wednesday Nov 19, 2014
Featuring Gustavo Gallardo, the Marcha Patriótica's International Relations Coordinator and July
Join workers and activists to commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the Million Worker March and take part in a ten-year retrospective of workers' gains and losses.
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President, J David Cox joined the Alliance for Retired Americans and other
Mobilizing Against Inequality: Unions, Immigrant Workers, and the Crisis of Capitalism - Book Launch Celebration
Join the NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito for a voter registration drive on Sunday, September 28 at 11:30am.
Organized Labor is under attack across the country. State legislatures are gutting collective bargaining rights. Right-wing interests are using the courts to cripple unions financially. Teacher tenure is under fire.
This week members of The Newspaper Guild, CWA Local 31003, were joined by supporters at City Hall
Instead of investing in quality journalism, ImpreMedia, the company who recently bought El Diario, is determined to fire longstanding union employees who have served New York’s Latino community for decades.
Guitar Center workers have been organizing for respect and fair pay throughout the country and have successfully voted for union recognition in Manhattan’s 14th St store, Chicago, and Las Vegas.