Service Employees International Union
McDonald's workers at I-95 rest stops hold one-day strike

May. 27, 2021 03:21 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Workers from McDonald's restaurants at two Interstate 95 rest stops held a one-day strike Thursday to protest what they contend are...

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2017, file photo, Service Employees International Union members gather for a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles. The president of California's largest state employees union has been ousted from the post she held for 13 years and replaced by a candidate who promises to end the organization's political involvement while bolstering its membership, according to results from a low-turnout election posted by the union. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
New head of largest state worker union won't back Newsom

By Don Thompson May. 25, 2021 03:59 PM EDT

Residents wait to cast their absentee ballots during early voting, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Who is voting? Who is winning? Early vote only offers clues

By Nicholas Riccardi And Angeliki Kastanis Oct. 31, 2020 12:19 AM EDT

Residents wait to cast their absentee ballots during early voting, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Who is voting? Who is winning? Early vote only offers clues

By Nicholas Riccardi And Angeliki Kastanis Oct. 30, 2020 05:43 PM EDT

Workers rally against racism and economic inequality

Jul. 20, 2020 11:40 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Labor union groups rallied Monday in front of the Massachusetts State House as part of a national day action meant to protest systemic racism and...

Certified nurse's assistants stand during an informational picket outside The Villa at Windsor Park nursing home on Chicago's Southside on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Staff at dozens of Illinois nursing homes called off a strike set to begin Friday after the workers’ union reached a tentative deal with nursing home owners that union officials said would help safeguard both staff and residents during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Labor deal averts strike at dozens of Illinois nursing homes

By Kathleen Foody May. 07, 2020 08:53 AM EDT

In this Monday, April 27, 2020 photo, Lissette Serrano sorts her laundry while doing her daily chores at home in Bridgeport, Conn., after being let go from her job as a cleaner at a rest stop on the Merritt Parkway in Orange, Conn. Many cleaners of business in the metropolitan New York area have lost their jobs because buildings have shut or because they refuse to work after getting coronavirus symptoms while on the job. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Cleaners risk health to work during pandemic, then lose jobs

By Pat Eaton-Robb May. 01, 2020 03:23 PM EDT