Contradicting arguments typically used to advance so-called Right to Work legislation, new research from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows that wages and benefits are actually lower in states with such anti-worker laws on the books. The paper, released as part of EPI’s Raising America’s Pay project, finds that the negative impact of Right to […]

              A diverse group of motivated and concerned Americans gathered together to protest Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership in front of Senator Bill Nelson’ office in Orlando, including the Machinists Union, CWA (Communication Workers of America), and the Main Street Alliance. Other protests are taking place at all […]

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed a measure by Republicans in Congress that would have blocked a government labor agency’s rules designed to speed up the time it takes to unionize workers. The rules would shorten the period between a union filing a petition to represent workers and an election, from the […]