Labor
New AFL-CIO report shows weaknesses in safety, health enforcement
May 4, 2015Low fines and lack of jail terms for heads of firms that disobey or disregard safety provide little incentive for companies to obey the law.
Read moreMay Day solidarity marches bring thousands to LA streets
May 4, 2015Marchs were held all over LA in support of worker rights, immigration reform, lives matter, police transparency, economic rights, and civil rights.
Read moreMay Day 2015: an international affair
May 4, 2015On May 1, 2015 in Chicago, the community gathered around the memorial for the Haymarket Martyrs.
Read moreLA, Long Beach port drivers forced to strike again
May 1, 2015The drivers demand that trucking firms recognize them as employees and bargain with them if they select the Teamsters.
Read moreToday in labor history: “The Song of the Wage-Slave” for May Day
May 1, 2015"The land is the landlord's, the trader's is the sea, the ore the usurer's coffer fills - but what remains for me?"
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