Labor
Victory! France scraps anti-labor law
April 14, 2006French President Jacques Chirac bowed April 10 to the pressure of millions of students and workers marching across France and withdrew a hated law granting employers the right to fire a young worker at will for...
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Injuries lead nurses to quit. Union launches drive for state regs
April 7, 2006Saying huge numbers of on-the-job injuries from lifting and turning patients causes ever-increasing legions of nurses to quit, American Federation of Teachers’ nurses division launched a drive for state legislation mandating that hospitals install devices to...
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Labor law reform in France
April 7, 2006More than a million people in France have taken to the streets against their conservative government’s attempts to change the country’s labor law. According to the conventional wisdom here in the United States, “Old Europe” is...
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Sago survivor home, mine safety battle continues
April 7, 2006PITTSBURGH — Randall McCloy, 26, thin and weak, sat inside his Simpson, W.Va., home with his wife and two children for the first time in two months. McCloy survived the worst West Virginia mining disaster in...
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1911 fire shows perils of no regulation
March 31, 2006It has become fashionable in certain circles to say that unions and government regulations are unnecessary nuisances, sand in the gears of the economy. The invisible hand of capitalism would take care of all our problems,...
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