Steelworkers Endorse Report By Human Rights Watch Criticizing European Companies’ Violations Of Labor Rights In The U.S. (PITTSBURGH) - The United Steelworkers (USW) is praising a report released the Human Rights Watch that documents how many European companies publicly embrace Workers’ Rights under Global Labor Standards while undermining their employees’ more»

The National Labor Relations Board Upholds Union Election For New York State EZ Pass Workers The National Labor Relations Board, by a 2-to-1 vote, has denied a request by Xerox Corp./Affiliated Computer Services to throw out a regional director's decision that certified the EZ Pass Workers' Union Election. In August 2009, EZ Pass workers at the Staten more»

(PITTSBURGH) - With the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s decision to provide relief on imports of “Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from China” approaching, the United Steelworkers (USW) is pointed to a report issued this week by the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) that shows the tariff is achieving the desired more»

(PITTSBURGH) - Strengthening bargaining policy and member activism to support it, improving Health and Safety, playing an active role in policy issues that affect the industry, while building stronger international ties, were the focus for the recently-held United Steelworkers (USW) Paper Sector Conference in Pittsburgh that drew more than 400 delegates. more»

(KINGSTON, NEW YORK) - Registered Nurses (RNs) at Kingston Hospital have filed a petition for election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), representatives of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) said today. The nurses are seeking to join their Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley colleagues at Benedictine Hospital in being more»

Judge Rules Albany (N.Y.) Newspaper Broke Law, Orders Laid-Off Workers Reinstated New York's Albany Times-Union broke the law by dismissing 11 workers last year when the newspaper was supposed to be negotiating lay-off criteria with TNG-CWA, an administrative law judge ruled. His decision also finds the company guilty of unlawfully declaring impasse in more»

It’s a speech that is getting a big reaction from the press and pundits across the country. National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told the Alaska AFL-CIO convention in Anchorage last night that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin -the self-appointed queen of the ultra-conservative movement - has betrayed her fake populist image and, instead, is spouting more»

In yet another sign of thawing between the two rival factions of the Labor Movement, leaders of the National AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have agreed to pool their resources between now and the November elections. The Wall Street Journal has reported the two Labor Organizations would combine forces to spend $88 million in a more»