AFL-CIO

Labor group won't back away from campaign mailer

2013-05-17 20:37:00

The most powerful labor organization in Los Angeles refused Friday to back away from a campaign mailer in which it urges voters to support Wendy Greuel for mayor because she "will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour." Even though Greuel has said she...

White-collar workers are turning to labor unions

2013-05-16 05:00:00

NEW YORK — The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. These white-collar workers are not exactly the picture of the labor movement, but...

Mayor's race: The real money problem in L.A.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

The media coverage and much of the public perception of the Los Angeles mayor's race have relentlessly focused on the money Los Angeles' labor movement is spending to elect Wendy Greuel, and on the wages and benefits of city and other employees that could...

Unions protest over potential sale of L.A. Times to Koch brothers

2013-05-15 00:00:00

About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A. headquarters of Oaktree...

Unions protest over potential L.A. Times sale to Koch brothers

2013-05-14 16:35:00

About 300 labor-union members and other activists staged a demonstration Tuesday to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the billionaire politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A....

An employer's right not to speak

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Massing the heavy legal artillery of 1st Amendment principles, a federal appeals court has ruled that the federal government can't order businesses to post signs informing employees that they have a right to join a union and to bargain for better wages....

Unions protest any sale of Tribune papers to Koch brothers

2013-05-13 19:11:00

California unions are increasing their opposition to any sale of the Los Angeles Times and other Tribune Co. newspapers to the Koch brothers, urging the City Council to oppose such a deal and planning a protest for Tuesday. Charles and David Koch,...

May Day: Phoenix immigration rally includes workplace issues

2013-05-01 20:31:00

PHOENIX — Brenda Juarez has been in this country so long that she doesn’t remember what Mexican state she was born in. She hopes she and her mother will be allowed to stay. The two women joined about 300 people at Arizona’s state...

Labor, immigrant activists to unite in Phoenix May Day rallies

2013-05-01 12:50:00

PHOENIX — Two groups that rarely see eye to eye — immigrants rights activists and labor organizers — are expected to join forces here Wednesday, marching a mile and a half from the state Capitol to join a picket at the Hyatt Regency...

Quetzal, Ozomatli, other bands back May 1 immigrant-rights march

2013-05-01 07:59:00

Poets have been called the "unacknowledged legislators of the world." (A poet, naturally, coined the phrase.) On Wednesday, a cross-section of L.A. musical street poets and activists -- including members of the bands Ozomatli, Quetzal, La Santa Cecilia,...

Bangladesh building collapse unlikely to spur reform, experts say

2013-04-25 17:42:00

NEW DELHI — A clothing factory in an emerging country collapses or catches fire with horrific loss of life. Famous Western brands are found in the wreckage. An investigation reveals substandard practices in the local and global clothing trade....

Death toll from Bangladesh building collapse climbs to over 200

2013-04-25 08:08:00

NEW DELHI – As rescue workers clawed through the wreckage Thursday after a building collapsed in Bangladesh, the toll rose to at least 225 people killed, most of them apparel workers, and over 1,000 injured. News footage showed desperate workers...

Maryland and D.C. AFL-CIO President Fred Mason speaks Monday at a Workers Memorial Day ceremony held at the Central Maryland AFL-CIO Labor office.

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Larry Barron, left, and Dave Dopp take part in a prayer during a Workers Memorial Day ceremony held at the Central Maryland AFL-CIO Labor office on Monday.

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Sen. Chuck Schumer, seen here with other U.S. senators working on an immigration reform package, has been brokering talks between the AFL-CIO and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on a guest-worker program.

2013-04-02 16:59:25