"I was a nursing assistant for 30 odd years before I got my last job that required I be in a union," Georgeanne Koelher (pictured) told Raw Story in Pittsburgh. "But it was the biggest perk that could've come with that job."
The United Steelworkers, North America's largest industrial union, announced on Friday that it supported the ongoing "Occupy Wall Street" protest that began in lower Manhattan and has slowly spread to other cities across the United States.
Labor unions and liberal activist groups plan to throw their weight behind the "Occupy Wall Street" protest in New York City that has now lasted 13 straight days, according to Crain's New York.
WASHINGTON – Leaders of top labor groups on Monday denounced the Republican immigration agenda as detrimental to American workers, citing a new report by the pro-immigration America's Voice that says the legalization of undocumented immigrants would be a boon to the US working class.