Click the headline to read a press release sent out by The Construction Institute about William D. Mooney, President of the Building Trades Training Directors Association of Massachusetts, being awarded special recognition for his sponsorship and leadership in promoting Helmets to Hardhats.

Click the headline to read an indepth profile of Jeff Santos, the radio host of RevolutionBoston, a progressive radio show on 1510 AM.

The 2009 Labor Awards Breakfast to benefit the Boston Minuteman Council of the Boy Scouts of America raised $30,000 from labor unions this morning. Click the headline to read more about this year's honorees.  

Click the headline to read about how you can support the 2009 Labor Awards Breakfast to benefit the Boston Minuteman Council, Boys Scouts of America; and to learn who will be recieving this year's Labor Awards in recognition of their contributions to their communities and to Labor.

New findings from Dr. Kate Bronfenbrenner of Cornell University provide a comprehensive, independent analysis of illegal and coercive employer behavior in union representation elections supervised by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Click the headline above for a summary and to download the full report.

Majority signup does not cause union or employer intimidation, according to a new report released by departments at University of Illinois, Rutgers University, Cornell University, and University of Oregon. Click the headline above to read a press release from the AFL-CIO and link to the full report.

Pres. Haynes testified before the Joint Standing Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government on May 12th, urging legislators to support the revenues and many of the reforms in the Special Commission on Municipal Relief's report and legislation. The focus of the testimony was the defense of collective bargaining over health care for municipal workers in the face of great pressure from management to abolish collective bargaining and have their way with workers' health care.

Hundreds of concerned citizens, labor activists, and community groups assembled at the Massachusetts State House on Monday, May 18, 2009 to protest the devastating budget cuts being debated in the state senate. In a regressive attempt to ease the fiscal pressures due to the current economic crisis, the senate is meeting this week to consider the cutting of essential funding for many community, education, health care and public safety programs and services that are relied upon by so many citizens of the Commonwealth.

Wearing hospital masks, dozens of members and supporters of the Massachusetts Paid Leave Coalition convened in the Massachusetts State House on Thursday, May 14th, to call attention to the urgency of the passing of SB688/HB1815: An Act Establishing Paid Sick Days. Lead-sponsored by Senator Patricia Jehlen and Representative Kay Khan, this legislation would enable all employees to earn up to 7 paid sick days per year for use when either they or a close relative falls ill.

The Boston Newspaper Guild sent out a message on Wednesday April 29, 2009 regarding negotiations between the New York Times Co. and the Boston Globe, and included a petition that you can sign saying that you support saving the Boston Globe. Click the headline to read more and sign the petition.