Labor
Missouri Supreme Court upholds St. Louis minimum wage increase
March 1, 2017The city will now raise the minimum wage to $10.00 this year and $11.00 in 2018.
Read moreWorkers kill ‘right-to-work’ bill in New Mexico
March 1, 2017The bill is "trying to tear down what the unions have built up."
Read moreTwin Cities janitors’ fight yields first union contract
February 28, 2017It took many strikes, but janitors win industry-wide pact.
Read more“Moonlight,” “Neruda,” Viggo Mortensen among 2016 Progie Award winners
February 27, 2017The Progies are the “un-Oscar,” the people’s “alternative Academy Awards.”
Read moreTrumpites rush to dismantle the Fair Labor Standards Act
February 27, 2017GOP would let employers arbitrarily decide when to grant workers overtime pay.
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