Labor

Two Labor Day wishes

September 5, 2009 By John Wojcik

If two big things could happen this fall we’d have a shot at re-creating the middle class society workers enjoyed in the past.

Labor-led alliance pressures Wal-Mart for change

September 5, 2009 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Unveiling a new "American values agenda" this week, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union launched a new coalition of labor unions, worker advocacy groups, environmental groups, faith-based communities and consumer protection organizations to "hold Wal-Mart...

‘Young workers: A lost decade’

September 4, 2009 By Tula Connell

Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare...

Obama to address AFL-CIO convention

September 4, 2009 By John Wojcik

President Obama will speak at the AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh on Sept. 15, the White House announced yesterday. The speech will once again dramatize the new relationship between the labor movement and the Oval Office, following...

‘Young workers: A lost decade’

September 1, 2009

Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare...