Labor

The cruelty of modern-day slavery in U.S. farm fields

September 11, 2008

In a dehumanizing federal case, five members of the same family in Immokalee Fla. pleaded guilty Sept. 2 to enslaving Mexican and Guatemalan farmworkers for more than two years. Slavery in the U.S. has been banned...

Agriprocessors Inc. faces union fight in Brooklyn warehouse

September 10, 2008

The Forward, America’s most influential Jewish newspaper, is running a story on immigration and labor issues at the Agriprocessors Brooklyn plant that reveals the Rubaskins likely were knowingly hiring illegal immigrants. In addition, a case involving...

Thousands take back Labor Day at festival during GOP convention

September 10, 2008 By Barb Kucera

Many of the thousands of young people gathered at Harriet Island in the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 1 probably never heard of folk musician Woody Guthrie or labor organizer Joe Hill, but...

Its time for Doctor Obama

September 10, 2008

CHICAGO – The 45-foot long, 28-ton, clean bio-diesel powered museum on wheels known as the “Bush Legacy Bus” is making a cross-country tour and made a downtown stop here during a Sept. 8th rally led by...

Machinists endorse Obama for president

September 9, 2008

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today delivered a full-throated endorsement for Barack Obama following a personal appeal from New York Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton at the union's...