Labor – Page 757 – People's World

Need for bathroom breaks is no joke!

December 11, 2014 By PAI

We've heard of employers mistreating their workers, but the following item out of Seattle is the latest entry in the "You gotta be kidding" category.

Year-end legislative rush may produce little for workers

December 11, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Congress' year-end rush to approve a massive spending bill for the rest of fiscal 2015, and to extend a hodge-podge of special tax breaks, may produce little for workers.

Amistad Awards show what solidarity looks like

December 11, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Honorees and attendees alike showed what solidarity looks like at the 2014 People's World Amistad Awards, "People & Nature before Profits."

Union leaders and immigrants’ rights advocates: new trade pacts disastrous

December 10, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Implementation of new "free trade" pacts, and specifically the TPP between the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, could lead to mass unemployment in Latin America.

Support builds for Delta baggage handler fired for speaking out

December 10, 2014 By Randy Croce And Barb Kucera

Delta Airlines' decision to fire a veteran baggage handler for speaking out in support of low-wage workers has elicited widespread criticism.