Labor
America’s top hospital gets failing grade in treatment of its workers
May 16, 2014Hospital workers were on the march in the pouring rain earlier this month at John Hopkins Hospital saying: "America's Number One Hospital - Keeping Workers in Poverty."
Read moreFast food workers strike in 150 U.S. cities and 36 countries
May 16, 2014"It feels good to be a part of history. It's been a year that fast-food workers first went on strike for $15 and a union and now our movement has spread all over the world."
Read moreFast food workers striking all over the world
May 15, 2014Today, fast food workers around the world are engaging in a one-day strike calling for higher wages and the right to form a union.
Read moreMine disasters in W.Va., Turkey tied to corporate negligence
May 15, 2014Two mineworkers were killed late Monday after being trapped in a collapse in a coal mine in Wharton, W.Va., operated by the Patriot Coal Company.
Read moreUnion leader says Supreme Court favors billionaires over workers
May 15, 2014The campaign finance rulings "open the gates to billionaires" to capture the U.S. political process while shutting workers out, AFSCME President Lee Saunders says.
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