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Two hundred activists found some answers in the tactics, strategies, tools, and sources of inspiration shared at the Labor Notes Troublemakers School last week in Chicago.

Three days after statewide protests and lobbying by California teachers, Governor Jerry Brown earmarked an additional $3 billion for education--a result of many months of massive protests and lobbying across the state.

As the Arab Spring movements for democracy sweep the Middle East, union members in Bahrain are among those calling for reforms. They’ve held two general strikes, and the government has responded with a violent crackdown.

Flush with cash, fresh from plant closings, and celebrated at the White House, GE said the company would still seek to double workers' costs for health insurance and eliminate new hires' pensions. Bargaining with 11 unions opened yesterday in New York.

Rarely have labor-backed Democrats targeted the right of public employees to collectively bargain. That’s now changing. In several states, Democrats are betting they can cut into public employee rights and still win union backing.

Retail cleaners and community allies will begin a hunger strike Saturday to pressure the Supervalu grocery chain. A Minneapolis worker center seeks fair wages and conditions for workers who clean its stores late into the night.