Labor

Houston janitors rally for union contract

October 14, 2009 By James Thompson And Bernadette Steward

Houston janitors and supporters rally at their "contract convention," setting the scene to win increased wages and benefits.

Fired workers say, ‘Not so fast!’

October 13, 2009 By John Wojcik

Companies that terminate workers in questionable ways are finding themselves in court, facing not just the employees they terminate but also the unions that represent them.

Quilt dramatizes housekeepers’ stories

October 9, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Held aloft by hotel workers and community supporters, the Hope Quilt stretched down the block from the Grand Hyatt hotel’s entrance on a sunny October afternoon.

Teachers protest power play by chancellor

October 9, 2009

Two blocks from the White House, hundreds of Washington D.C. public school teachers, parents, students and labor activists today responded with a resounding “no” to what many see as a brutal power grab by the Chancellor...

Workers charge Red Cross with unfair labor practices

October 9, 2009 By Tony Pecinovsky

ST. LOUIS – “I’ve worked 96 hours in a single week,” Jason Withey, a Red Cross driver from Buffalo, N.Y., told the World here on Oct. 8. “I could live better working at Wal-Mart.”