Nation Topics - Unions | The Nation

Days after being locked out, the utility company’s union workers show that they’re not going down without a fight.

Tip-stealing bosses are rarely called to account for their abuses. It's time to blow the whistle.

What can a general strike do for workers and their rights?

Twelve red states account for 70 percent of all state and local public sector jobs lost since 2010.

The true economic legacy of the Reagan years is not tax cuts but union busting.

Despite occasional friction, unions and Occupy have found a way to live happily together.

What does democracy look like? Try a grassroots campaign organized by ordinary citizens to recall their union-busting governor.

A Q&A with Frank Bardacke, whose new book Trampling Out the Vintage complicates the legend and legacy of Cesar Chavez.

Not content with their successful assaults on public workers, Republicans are set on destroying private sector unions, pushing “right to work” laws with false promises of job creation.