Labor
May Day, a day for international labor solidarity
May 2, 2013What made May 1st special was the broad cross section of Michigan labor and faith leaders who proudly celebrated May Day.
Read more6,000 miners rally in fight for pensions
May 2, 2013"We are going to stand up, fight back and go to jail for our members - and that is something Peabody can't buy."
Read moreExxonMobil threatens to lock out union workers
May 2, 2013ExxonMobil's flat refusal to deal with safety issues at the largest refinery in the U.S. in Baytown, Texas has led the oil firm to threaten to lock out its 850 union employees.
Read moreToday in labor history: Poor Peoples March began in Washington, D.C.
May 2, 2013The Poor Peoples March began in Washington D.C. less than a month after the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
Read moreGOP senators push bill to kill NLRB
May 2, 2013Eleven Senate Republicans have introduced a bill to virtually shut down the National Labor Relations Board.
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