Labor

Union gets new chief

May 13, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Noel Beasley was elected new president of Workers United, an SEIU sector, the union said.

Machinists confront corporate greed at Hamilton Sundstrand

May 13, 2011 By Joelle Fishman

Workers at Hamilton Sundstrand are fighting company plans to eliminate 214 Connecticut jobs this year, shrinking the unionized workforce by more than 20 percent.

Who’s IKEA gonna call? Union busters!

May 12, 2011 By John Wojcik

While IKEA rails against unions as third-party outsiders, it already brought in its own third party, Jackson Lewis, the "mother" of all union-busters.

Labor studies instructor vindicated after Breitbart hit job

May 12, 2011 By Teresa Albano

University 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."

IKEA: Union-busting is “how American system works”

May 10, 2011 By John Wojcik

DANVILLE, 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...