Labor

Growing jobless figures impact presidential race

September 8, 2008

The official jobless rate topped 6.1 percent in August bringing the plight of U.S. workers into the center of the political arena as the presidential campaign enters its final eight weeks. 84,000 workers lost their jobs...

Striking Machinists at Boeing ask: How do you hide $13 billion?

September 7, 2008

“How do you hide $13 billion? Do you stuff it in an airplane? Do you give it to the CEO? Or, do you share it with your workers?” These questions are printed on union flyers being...

Strike shuts down Boeing Company

September 7, 2008

27,000 members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union shut down Boeing, the nation’s largest aircraft maker, Sept. 6 as they formed picket lines at all company facilities in Washington state, Oregon and Kansas. The...

Did a Mississippi raid protect right-wing politicians?

September 3, 2008

Originally posted at LAUREL, Miss. — On August 25, immigration agents swooped down on Howard Industries, a Mississippi electrical equipment factory, taking 481 workers to a privately-run detention center in Jena, Louisiana. A hundred and six...

Marchers link struggles past to promising future

August 30, 2008

DETROIT — Close to 70 Obama acceptance speech events took place in the Detroit metropolitan area last night, but by far the largest was at Bert’s Warehouse Theater in the city’s Eastern Market, where several thousand...