Labor
Workers in Ohio and Indiana join USW strike against oil industry
February 10, 2015"Management cannot continue to resist allowing workers a stronger voice on issues that could very well make the difference between life and death for too many of them."
Read moreToday in African American history: Birthday of writer Alice Walker
February 9, 2015The writer and activist Alice Walker was born on this day in 1944 in Putnam County, Georgia.
Read moreNissan rejects offer to mediate Mississippi dispute with UAW
February 9, 2015The car firm claimed that "entering mediation over issues raised might violate U.S. national labor law."
Read moreTeachers, unions weigh in as Senate panel starts rewrite of federal education law
February 6, 2015Ever since Bush's No Child Left Behind, teachers, parents, administrators and lawmakers have been at odds over how to judge schools, kids and teachers.
Read moreStriking auto mechanics locked out, putting up a fight
February 6, 2015The automobile mechanics strike here at Al Piemonte Chevrolet, now over 30 weeks long, has deteriorated into a lock-out situation.
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