Labor
Mid-air collision fear grows as control towers shut down
April 4, 2013It's more than just jobs on the chopping block as air traffic control towers at 149 airports begin shutting down this month.
Read moreToday in labor history: Memphis 1968, we remember
April 4, 2013An assassin's bullet felled the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968. King had come to Memphis to support a strike by the city's sanitation workers.
Read moreStrongsville teachers strike for quality education
April 3, 2013Hundreds of teachers and supporters - joined by teachers from other parts of the state - demonstrated in front of the board of education building.
Read moreToday in labor history: N.J. mill strikers urged to keep fighting
April 3, 2013Striking silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey were increasingly at odds with police, who repeatedly crushed their efforts to hold rallies.
Read moreToday in labor history: Supreme Court strikes down min. wage for women
April 2, 2013The Adkins v. Children's Hospital 5-3 ruling (with one abstention) set up battle lines in the Supreme Court between progressive reformers versus reactionary free marketers.
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