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They called it the "Million Signature March," but 1.3 million would be more accurate. The final, stunning number of petition signatures that a lively parade of Ohioans delivered Wednesday to their secretary of state's office was, to be precise, 1,298,301.

When volunteers began circulating petitions two months ago, Ohio unions and their allies had an ambitious goal: A half-million signatures by June 30, more than twice the 231,000 valid signatures required to put a repeal of the state's anti-collective bargaining law on November's ballot.

New proposals from the National Labor Relations Board regarding rules for union representation elections are a first, but modest, step toward ending some of the delays workers face when trying to organize, CWA President Larry Cohen said.

With major bargaining fights underway and the ongoing battles to protect workers' rights at the state level, summer is going to be hotter than ever for the labor movement, CWA President Larry Cohen told thousands of activists on Thursday night's "virtual town hall" conference call.

More than 500 German workers descended on Deutsche Telekom?s global shareholders? meeting in Cologne last Thursday to demand that the company respect the right of its American T-Mobile employees to unionize and bargain collectively.