American Apparel's Labor Pains
By thumbing its nose at organized labor, American Apparel turned its back on a natural ally for immigration reform.
By thumbing its nose at organized labor, American Apparel turned its back on a natural ally for immigration reform.
Randy Shaw | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
Stern's optimism runs counter to the facts. No date for negotiations with UNITE HERE has been set and Stern has not publicly renounced his demand for binding arbitration.
Randy Shaw | Posted 07.31.2009 | Home
In a dramatic blow to SEIU's efforts to raid UNITE HERE members and jurisdictions, 15 of the nation's leading unions pledged Monday to provide UNITE H...
Danny Glover | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business
I will always be a union activist, and I am proud of that. What I am not proud of is what the fight between UNITE HERE and Workers United/SEIU is doing to this movement I care so much about.
Bruce Raynor | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
Let's end this now. Let's get back to fighting for economic and social justice to improve the lives of union members and working families.
Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business
The union promise of jobs and better wages is deeply alluring, but their mechanism to securing them, so-called "card check," is fundamentally flawed.
Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 05.07.2009 | Chicago
When it comes to finding a venue for the dance, students typically look for some elegance at the right price. But a prom committee at one Chicago scho...
Rick Jacobs | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics
Is Prop 8, which passed by a slim majority in November, an amendment to the constitution or is it a revision?
Elana Levin | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics
Some of my colleagues have worked with her for decades. She has a deep and personal connection with working Americans that stems from decades working to help workers get their rights.
Beau Friedlander | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics
Obama may well assume a fairly radical solution to the economic problems facing the nation, one that eclipses the craziest notions dreamt up by the progressive fringe.
Elana Levin | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
Last week one of the Change to Win volunteers was outside a polling place and a woman in line called out her name. "Erin! I'm in line here to vote because of you!"
Bruce Raynor | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
Going to a person's home and talking with them is one of the most meaningful things progressives can do.
Elana Levin | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
United Here is knocking on the doors of members of Change to Win unions telling them how Obama supports working families. On weekends, they volunteer with the Obama campaign too. Their dedication is incredible.
Elana Levin | Posted 09.28.2008 | Style
Today everyone will learn what we here at UNITE HERE already knew -- that if you bother to buy fair trade coffee your suit should be "fair trade" too -- and by that I mean union made.
New York Times | Sewell Chan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Hundreds of cafeteria and other food-service workers rallied in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon for higher wages and improved benefits as part ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
A powerful Nevada union behind a new ad that is sharply critical of Sen. Hillary Clinton will support the eventual Democratic presidential nominee eve...
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The radio ad aired by one of Obama's labor allies re-injects ethnicity into the Democratic primary contest in sharp terms. "Hillary Clinton does not ...
Amie Williams | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics