Labor

Foreign companies getting bulk of green stimulus

November 10, 2009 By Susan Webb

Of the $1.05 billion of stimulus funds handed out for clean energy grants since Sept. 1, 84 percent - $849 million - has gone to foreign wind companies.

For Hilda Solis, workplace safety more than a slogan

November 9, 2009 By John Wojcik

If the last week of October and the beginning of November are any indication the U.S. Department of Labor is on a crime busting spree.

Unemployment at record levels

November 9, 2009 By John Wojcik

The nation's official unemployment rate soared into double-digit territory in October, increasing 0.4 percent that month, to 10.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

Janitors call for ‘green’ cleaning

November 7, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

SAN FRANCISCO - For weeks now, teams of supermarket janitors have been traversing northern California on a mission: get supermakerts to go green.

Hotel workers strike the Grand Hyatt

November 6, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Hotel workers issued a wake-up call to 31 prime hotels Nov. 5 as they massed outside the Grand Hyatt, in the upscale Union Square area, to begin a three-day strike.