Labor
Who’s IKEA gonna call? Union busters!
May 12, 2011While IKEA rails against unions as third-party outsiders, it already brought in its own third party, Jackson Lewis, the "mother" of all union-busters.
Read moreLabor studies instructor vindicated after Breitbart hit job
May 12, 2011University of Missouri-St Louis instructor Don Giljum was vindicated after university administrators said May 9 that videos of the labor studies instructor were "highly distorted."
Read moreIKEA: Union-busting is “how American system works”
May 10, 2011DANVILLE, Va. - IKEA is known round the world for being a fabulous employer but its first U.S. plant is a modern sweatshop with poverty wages, forced overtime and mandatory "educational meetings" for anyone who hints...
Read moreIKEA in Virginia: A modern sweatshop
May 9, 2011"Your daughter gets sick. You take her to the hospital and turn in a doctor's note when you get back - one demerit. Death in the family, you stay home - one demerit."
Read moreUnion strength grows at Illinois universities
May 9, 2011University employees and students in Chicago and at colleges throughout Illinois are stepping up union campaigns and ready to strike for their collective bargaining rights.
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