Labor
High court upholds Seattle’s $15 minimum wage ordinance
May 5, 2016The U.S. Supreme Court has handed a judicial win - even if only in one big city - to the "Fight for 15 and a union" movement.
Read moreStriking Verizon workers introduce virtual picket line
May 5, 2016The 39,000 striking Verizon workers are introducing a new facet to the worker-boss struggle.
Read moreMay Day, West Coast style
May 3, 2016Two large May Day marches converged upon downtown Los Angeles; the flow of marchers and supporters continued for miles.
Read moreFaculty union at Univ. of Illinois ends strike; contract vote May 5
May 2, 2016For many of the non-tenured faculty, the long fought battle has finally proven to be victorious.
Read moreLabor Dept. to coal mine owners: Pay black lung victims’ claims, then appeal
April 29, 2016The old appeal policy left hundreds of thousands of coal miners, disabled from black lung disease, usually without a penny of benefits before they died.
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