Published 17 Aug, 2011 TWU Workers’ Rights are Human Rights activists from around the country joined forces with other labor unions and allies to help with the get out of the vote efforts leading up to the historical August 9 recall elections in Wisconsin. Members from New York, Ohio and several other states, along with…Read More…

Published 15 Aug, 2011 They attacked the working class, gave corporations tax cuts, eliminated collective bargaining and slashed funding for education while ignoring the needs of the people, such as affordable health care and good jobs. They are the governors of nine states across America nominated for Worst Governor Ever.  The online election for Worst…Read More…

Published 15 Aug, 2011 Rep. John Mica (R-FL), Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, received an unexpected, but sizzling,Texas reception at the Marriott Hotel in Houston on Aug. 11 while attending a fundraiser hosted by the I-69 Alliance Group. As a possible coincidence, just two doors down from Mica’s location, the Exxon/Mobil “big wigs”…Read More…

Published 22 Jul, 2011 Congressional Republicans, doing the bidding of Tea Party fanatics, are holding the U.S. economy hostage to their demand to slash vital programs like Social Security and Medicare while continuing to give away billions in corporate welfare and tax subsidies to big business. They are threatening to vote as a bloc against…Read More…

Published 15 Jul, 2011 In all six Wisconsin state senate Democratic primaries the real Democratic candidates won against fake Democrats put forward by Tea Party backers hoping to stall the recall election of Republican state senators who are facing the wrath of Wisconsin voters for ramming through the bill that cripples collective bargaining. Republicans ran…Read More…

Published 05 Jul, 2011 Conservative Governors in states around the country are sticking to their ideology that spending cuts will create jobs, despite the facts showing that government spending actually leads to economic growth and more jobs.  As state governments push to slash budgets, a study by Adam Hersh, economist at the Center for American…Read More…

Published 29 Jun, 2011 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is taking an important step to make union elections fairer by proposing changes to speed up the often delayed and difficult election process, but the changes still fall short of fundamental labor law reform that American workers need to fully exercise their voice on the…Read More…

Published 21 Jun, 2011 Workers in Illinois are mobilizing to stop a bill in the Illinois legislature that would eliminate collective bargaining for thousands of public workers. This is just the latest threat to workers’ rights and the middle class that is spreading across the country.  The bill, S.B. 1556, was passed by the state…Read More…

Published 16 Jun, 2011 The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, June 15 to uphold Governor Scott Walker’s union busting law that strips public sector workers of their collective bargaining rights, but people in Wisconsin and across the country are ramping up efforts to stop the anti-worker agenda. The court ruled 4-3 that Republicans in…Read More…

Published 15 Jun, 2011 American workers have a word for the Governors across the country who are attacking workers’ rights- you have disrespected our communities and we are united in stopping this affront to democracy and human rights. This new video from the TWU is a response to the wave of legislation that restricts workers’…Read More…