Labor
U.S. poor are in free fall
June 12, 2013The level of income inequality stretches much higher in the United States than in the other developed countries. Now it's gone off the chart.
Read moreToday in labor history: Supreme Court ends laws against interracial marriage
June 12, 2013The case was brought forth by Richard and Mildred Loving, who were imprisoned for one year for marrying in the state of Virginia.
Read moreTarget stores the target of two-day strike
June 12, 2013Workers who clean Target and other retail stores in the Twin Cities held a two-day strike.
Read moreFemale corrections officers get class status for sex harassment complaint
June 11, 2013Over objections of Bureau of Prisons, the federal Justice Department agreed that female federal prison corrections officers, employed at the Coleman complex, suffered sexual harassment as a class.
Read moreToday in labor history: University of Alabama desegregated
June 11, 2013Fifty years ago today, two Black students, James Hood and Vivian Malone, walked through the doors of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
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