Labor

Fight for 15 movement hits Springfield, Missouri

April 23, 2014 By James Raines

This Friday afternoon in Springfield, Missouri, a small group of fast food workers gathered in the meeting room of a public library to discuss their fight for a living wage.

Players and Northwestern to battle at NLRB after Apr. 25 vote

April 21, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

College football players who want to unionize and their foe, Northwestern University, filed their written arguments with the NLRB on Apr. 16.

Study: 57 percent of poultry workers suffer ergonomic ills

April 21, 2014 By PAI

NIOSH found what UFCW called "a drastic level of injury" to workers even at the present speeds.

Autoworkers drop appeal of election loss at Chattanooga VW plant

April 21, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Union President Bob King says, they will concentrate on a probe by congressional Democrats of political interference that led to the Valentine's Day defeat.

Okla. governor bars cities from setting minimum wage

April 18, 2014 By Christopher Looper

Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin has signed a bill prohibiting cities, counties, and their citizens the right to set a mandatory minimum wage.