Workers United

Workers United Retirees Fight to Safeguard Social Security

Workers United Retirees from our Chicago chapter joined with the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans to hold a news conference in support of Social Security. Workers United Retiree Council member Katie Jordan cheers from a crowd of supporters when she said "Social Security is a promise that must not be broken."

For more on this story, visit Progress Illinois.

Working Families in Atlanta Protest Food Service Giant Sodexo

Scores of Atlanta workers and their families were joined by college students and Sodexo workers from around the country on Thursday, August 12, 2010, for a march and town hall meeting to press the French-owned global company -- which in Atlanta has 95% of the contracted food service market in higher ed based on enrollment -- to provide good jobs to help build a better community.

Sodexo workers and supporters rally for good jobs to build a better Atlanta.

Workers United Hugo Boss Win is big news in the Cleveland Plain Dealer

"My job is too important to me not to fight."
Sheila McVay
Workers United member and Hugo Boss worker

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Photo from the Cleveland Plain Dealer

President Obama Praises Hartmarx Jobs Campaign

"When [Hartmarx] fell on hard times, the big bank tried to pull their credit and destroy 600 jobs...," Obama said.

Hartmarx Workers United Rally

The Chicago Sun reports that President Obama praised the successful campaign to save jobs at Hartmarx during a fundraiser for Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Illinois. The campaign to save Hartmarx was spearheaded by Workers United. It included protests of the big banks and effective efforts to pressure Wells Fargo.

Read about the unprecedented display of rank and file union democracy at our first convention to create the new union, Workers United.