Labor

The third try is the charm

February 18, 2015 By Paula Douglas

Philadelphia joins two other cities, San Francisco, Calif., and Tacoma, Wash., and several states, in enacting earned paid sick leave.

El Super grocery workers in LA demand fair contract

February 17, 2015 By David Trujillo

El Super grocery workers are urging consumers to boycott their employer, a chain of supermarkets located primarily in Latino neighborhoods.

Safety tops strike demands for oil workers at BP refinery

February 17, 2015 By Teresa Albano

The workers' demands center on health and safety issues, contracting jobs out to non-union workers and health care.

Canadian Supreme Court: Public workers have the right to strike

February 13, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

As a result of Canadian laws and attitudes, union density there is at least double that in the U.S.

GOP-run Senate panel moves against the NLRB

February 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

With the Senate Labor Committee now in the hands of Republicans, both labor committees on Capitol Hill are attacking workers' rights enforced by the NLRB.