Labor
Marchers link struggles past to promising future
August 30, 2008DETROIT — 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...
Read moreLargest-ever workplace raid terrorizes 600 workers in Miss.
August 30, 2008Nearly 600 undocumented workers were rounded up Aug. 25 by federal agents in the small town of Laurel, Miss., the largest single workplace raid in U.S. history. According to news reports, 595 workers were detained at...
Read moreLiberian rubber workers win union
August 29, 2008In a historic victory for labor in Africa, Liberian rubber workers signed an agreement with Bridgestone/Firestone Company in mid-August securing improved working and living conditions.
Read moreTeacher talks about labor unity and the fight to elect Obama
August 27, 2008Read more
Autoworker rides Harley to Denver to speak up for Obama
August 27, 2008Read more