Labor

Trumka: more jobs solve deficit crisis

November 19, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON (PAI) - AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka is strongly reiterating the position that creation of more jobs will increase revenues and thus solve the nation's deficit and debt crisis.

Bad news for workers: Kline hates EFCA, opposes tougher OSHA penalties

November 19, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON (PAI) - John Kline, the Republican who will take over the House Education and Labor Committee next year, hates the Employee Free Choice Act and opposes tougher penalties for job safety and health violations.

Workers fight back vs. wage theft

November 19, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

Low wage workers and their supporters gathered on the steps of San Francisco City Hall Nov. 18 to mark the National Day of Action Against Wage Theft.

Picket line chants tell worker’s stories

November 17, 2010 By Art Perlo

Health care workers at four Spectrum nursing homes in Connecticut who have been on strike since April 15 hold a rally.

Republicans target labor

November 16, 2010 By Scott Marshall

Before the dust had settled on the 2010 elections, the Chamber of Commerce, the corporate-secret-donor political action committees and the far right began to move into attack mode against the labor movement. After all, they expect...