Labor
World labor group hits U.S. on worker rights
June 20, 2008The International Trade Union Congress, which met June 9-11 in Geneva, assailed the lack of workers’ rights in the United States, and called on the World Trade Organization to take up the issue at its biannual...
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Latino workers die on the job at higher rates than others
June 18, 2008Latino workers die from on-the-job injury at higher rates than all others, with 33 percent of the deaths happening at construction sites, a government report noted June 5. One of the main causes cited in the...
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This Week in Labor
June 17, 2008This Week in Labor for 6/21 Most unions now back Obama Unions that were neutral or backing Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries are quickly lining up in the Obama camp. Among those that have just...
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A small picket line turns into a mass outpouring
June 14, 2008CHICAGO – 60 workers who have, for five years, been taking turns to march the picket line in front of the Congress Hotel here could not conceal their joy June 11 as thousands of trade union...
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Long denied their rights, domestic workers find their voices
June 14, 2008WEST MILFORD, N.J. — She came from Guatemala and landed a job as a live-in housekeeper here. Her workday started at 5:30 a.m. and ended at midnight, seven days a week. She cooked, cleaned, watched children,...
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