Ever since it was passed five years ago, the Central America Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic  (CAFTA-DR) has led to an increase in unemployment, violations of worker rights and discrimination against women in Honduras, according to an about-to-be-released documentary.

Casey Karns hopes young workers will come to the Next Up Young Workers Summit, which begins next week, ready to take a bigger and stronger role in the union movement. Because if they don’t, she says, Big Business and the far right will win the battle for the future of America.

Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks a decade ago, some 2.3 million military members have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thousands more continue to deploy leaving their families at home while they serve our country overseas.

Obstructionists in Congress are blocking progress on efforts to put America back to work. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif), the ranking member on the House Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee, needs your help to stop the political games and pass legislation that addresses the nation’s top priority:  creating good jobs.

From Santa Rosa to Fresno and from Sacramento to San Jose, 23,000 registered nurses walked picket lines, joined rallies and sent a strong message yesterday to three large employers that they will not accept reductions in patient services or cuts to nurses and other caregivers. The one-day strike by members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) ended this morning at 7 a.m. PT.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will deliver a major address on the measures needed to end the jobs crisis and rebuild the U.S. economy Sept. 30 at the prestigious Brookings Institution.

AFT President Randi Weingarten says until Congress fixes No Child Left Behind (NCLB), President Obama’s waiving of NCLB requirements for states makes sense. Read the full statement here.

Sept. 15-Oct. 15, Latino Heritage Month, offers a time to recognize the contributions of the nearly 47 million Latinos living in the United States and to highlight the issues facing our Latino brothers and sisters.

With more than 46 million people living in poverty in the United States and unemployment stuck at 9.1 percent, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is calling on other clergy to preach on the issue of   poverty and to educate church members and advocate for the poor and unemployed.

Are companies in your area violating laws on the minimum wage, overtime pay and child labor? You can find out on Working America’s updated and improved Job Tracker.