Labor
How to read those December unemployment figures
January 10, 2011The nation's unemployment rate declined 0.4 percent in December but only because unprecedented numbers have dropped out of the workforce altogether.
Read moreLaw professors support Hilton workers
January 10, 2011The Association of American Law Schools is holding its national conference at the boycotted hotel, but organizers of over two-thirds of the conference events held their sessions at another venue.
Read moreLabor board calls for new election at Berkeley Bowl
January 7, 2011A long-simmering labor struggle at the popular Berkeley Bowl Marketplace supermarket has taken a new turn with the National Labor Relations Board's year-end announcement that it has ordered a rerun of a June 2010 election to...
Read moreBig business drives Illinois anti-teacher bill
January 6, 2011CHICAGO - Under the guise of "school reform," big corporate foundations, banking and speculative hedge fund investors are pulling out all stops to ram an anti-teacher measure through the Illinois state legislature.
Read moreUAW plans new organizing drive with help from its friends
January 5, 2011The United Auto Workers is launching a new drive to organize foreign-owned auto plants in the U.S., with the determined help of civil rights and other organizations.
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