Labor

Unions sue Bush Dept. of Labor over worker deaths

January 12, 2007

50 deaths, 400,000 injuries tied to OSHA’s inactionPoultry workers typically stand shoulder to shoulder de-boning chicken breasts mounted on cones flying by at the rate of dozens per minute. They must wear metal mesh gloves on...

N.Y. transit union re-elects Toussaint

December 22, 2006

Workers’ CorrespondenceRoger Toussaint, president of New York’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, has prevailed in a close and hard-fought union election. The race ended on Dec. 15 with the election of Toussaint for a third three-year...

Portuguese public workers battle austerity plan

December 22, 2006

LISBON, Portugal — A two-day general strike brought this nation to a standstill Nov. 9-10 as 750,000 public workers protested the government’s plan to impose vicious wage and benefit cutbacks at the insistence of the Brussels-based...

24th W.Va. miner killed on job

December 22, 2006

Longtime residents of this state remark, “The only time West Virginia gets on the news is when there is a mining disaster or when a miner dies at work.” The state was back in the news...

Huge victory for labor in southwest Texas

December 22, 2006

Labor-backed Ciro Rodriguez defeated Republican Henry Bonilla, a seven-term incumbent, in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, delivering a knockout blow to the right wing. Rodriguez garnered 54 percent of the vote in the Dec. 12 runoff election,...