Where in The U.S. Are You Most Likely to Be Audited by the IRS?
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A new study shows dramatic regional differences in who gets audited. The hardest hit? Poor workers across the country.
Javier Morillo Stepping Down as President of SEIU Local 26 in June
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Iris Altamirano will take over as president in June as Morillo joins the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at Rutgers University
Minnesota’s Labor Movement mourns the death of former MN AFL-CIO President Dan Gustafson
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“President Dan Gustafson was a big supporter of worker education and a very good friend of the Labor Education Service,” said John See Co-Director of the Labor Education Service at the University of Minnesota. “He was one of the early believers in our efforts to use local cable TV to tell workers’ stories, to the extent that he occasionally hosted “Minnesota at Work” in its heyday, another venue where he displayed a brilliant mind for politics and finances and history- and how it all fits together. We will always be grateful for his support and friendship.”
Prison Labor
Labor Law Doesn’t Apply If You’re in Prison
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Alexander was never able to make his case in court–and challenge Ortiz’s claims. The judge would not let the case proceed to a trial, determining Alexander was a prisoner and therefore not entitled to work in a non-discriminatory workplace.
Volunteer Union Plumbers help Homeowners Across the State
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Water’s Off provides no-cost plumbing repairs and inspections to homeowners in need
On Opening Week: Labor Solidarity and the Plight of Minor League Baseball Players
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Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle and activist Eireann Dolan have been the most visible advocates of a push to keep the on field caps worn by MLB’s players, made in a union manufacturing facility.
Advocates welcome one-year extension for Liberians to live and work in Minnesota and the United States but call for long-term policy solution
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Speakers at the news conference said Trump’s announcement was a welcome reprieve, but that a permanent solution was needed to put Liberian DED holders on a path to permanent residency and citizenship.
A Blow But Not Fatal: 9 Months After Janus, AFSCME Reports 94% Retention
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The labor union in the crosshairs of the right wing-led effort to gut public sector unions through a landmark Supreme Court case released new membership data Wednesday showing a decline that experts say could mark the beginning of larger losses, but is far shy of a fatal blow.
REPORT: Wall Street Pressure Prompted GM Plant Closures
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Wall Street pressure, particularly hedge funds and their managers, prompted the General Motors plant closures that will throw at least 14,000 United Auto Worker members – and countless other workers in GM’s supply chain – out of jobs, a new report(link is external) says.
‘We Demand Food for Thought’
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Graduate employees at the University of Illinois at Chicago began an indefinite strike on March 19, demanding livable wages and better working conditions as part of a national wave of educator-lead organized labor efforts