Los Angeles will take part in the international day of action for May Day, traditionally a workers' holiday across the globe.

Labor organizations respond to Villaraigosa's plan to lay off city employees due to the budget cut.

 Opponents vow to repeal the anti-union legislation

Occupy L.A. took to Long Beach Monday morning to show support for unions. Critics have said the boycott would only hurt truck drivers and others employed at the port, but according to protesters, the "human movement" means well.

Newt Gingrich called child-labor laws “truly stupid” in a speech about changing the "culture of poverty in America."

Ohio voters decide fate of public employee unions right to collectively bargain.

Union workers march, speak up for Occupy L.A.

The movement congeals and matures. Wall Street traders say they feel the protesters' pain. Anonymous threatens to wipe the NYSE from the internet.

Unions have given their official backing to the grassroots anti-corporate movement

After the deadline, the unions and stores pull it together.