The pressure on President Obama and newly minted Secretary of State John F. Kerry to reject the Keystone XL pipeline grows stronger each day, and this week saw the nation's leading nurses union jump into the debate. National Nurses United cited "seri ...

The U.S. Postal Service's plan to end Saturday first-class delivery in August angered unions that stand to lose jobs and faces an uncertain fate in Congress. But the decision, which the Postal Service says will save $2 billion a year, barely fazed a ...

[caption id="attachment_20121" align="alignright" width="300"] (File photo)[/caption]WASHINGTON - The nation's labor unions suffered sharp declines in membership last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday, led by losses in the public se ...

NEW YORK - In just a few days, a walkout by thousands of dock workers could bring commerce to a near standstill at every major port from Boston to Houston, potentially delivering a big blow to retailers and manufacturers still struggling to find thei ...

DES MOINES - Public-sector collective bargaining probably is experiencing the most upheaval and attacks it's seen in four decades with Iowa increasingly joining the fray, experts on labor-management relations say. And, the pressure is likely to inten ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 - part of a renewed offensive against perceived anti- ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - With defeat in the Michigan Legislaturevirtually certain, Democrats and organized labor intend to make enactment of right-to-work laws as uncomfortable as possible for Gov. Rick Snyder and his Republican allies while laying the ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A political brawl over right-to-work legislation is looming in Michigan, with Republican leaders in closed-door talks over whether to push for enactment by year's end and Democrats encouraging union members to join a noisy show ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clerical workers and longshoremen at the nation's largest port complex will return to work Wednesday, eight days after they walked out in a crippling strike that prevented shippers from delivering billions of dollars in cargo acro ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Custodial and maintenance workers picketed Tuesday at one of the nation's busiest ports, blocking trucks from picking up and delivering goods on what had been expected to be a busy day before the holidays. Ships waited at six o ...