Labor
IKEA says it’s ready to talk
June 9, 2011After receiving 20,000 complaints from people angry about how it treats its workers here, IKEA has agreed to meet with the union trying to organize them.
Read more“One battle in a big war”: Comcast organizing drive rages on
June 9, 2011Only 2 percent of 90,000 Comcast workers nationally are organized. This was the second vote in five years at the Pullman facility.
Read more“Greed on steroids” at Missouri water company
June 9, 2011American Water made $268 million in profits last year and paid its top seven executives a combined $12.5 million, but wants big cuts from workers, the union says.
Read moreUnions and the middle class: What’s in a name?
June 8, 2011Defending the middle class has become a central theme in labor's fightback.
Read moreService employees join suit vs. Georgia’s anti-immigrant law
June 8, 2011Call Georgia's anti-immigrant law "racial profiling" that threatens to turn Georgia into "a police state."
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