Labor

Outpouring in Missouri Capital demands end to attacks on labor

March 27, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

"Today we are united, side by side; we have to stick together, because if we lose, everyone who works for a living will pay the price."

FedEx loses another driver misclassification case, in Maine

March 27, 2014 By PAI

A federal judge in Portland approved a settlement saying FedEx Ground misclassified 141 drivers. The drivers will net $3.9 million in back pay and damages.

Bangladeshi workers seek support from U.S. students

March 27, 2014 By Barb Kucera

"I saw many of my co-workers, trapped like a sandwich, one upon the other. It's true that I survived, but I saw many of my co-workers die."

Burlington community backs bus drivers

March 26, 2014 By Jennifer Kenny And Israel Smith

As public transit ridership continues to reach ever higher user levels, CCTA has opted to cripple a community by refusing to bargain in good faith with its bus route drivers.

Trumka says he’ll back Obama on a new pro-worker trade policy

March 25, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The death of fast-track, Obama told the Center for American Progress, gives him the opportunity to construct a new trade policy to benefit workers in the U.S. and worldwide, that guarantees labor rights, that protects "buy...