Labor
Community, union unite to save jobs at GE plant
November 12, 2013General Electric recently announced that it slated the closure of its plant in Fort Edwards, N.Y., and intends to move the remaining plant operations to an undisclosed site.
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50 arrested protesting Walmart’s poverty wages
November 8, 2013LOS ANGELES - The modern-day story of David and Goliath is playing out in cities and towns across America, and last night, on Cesar Chavez Avenue, one of the story's scenes took place when Walmart workers...
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Today in labor history: FDR unveils Civil Works Administration
November 8, 2013President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration on November 8, 1933, a short-lived program, but one that created jobs for millions of unemployed workers, giving temporary relief to the suffering in the midst of...
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Today in labor history: Supreme Court used Taft-Hartley Act to break a steel strike
November 7, 2013In 1947 the 81st Congress, controlled by Republicans for the first time since 1930, overruled President Truman's veto and rammed the Taft-Hartley Law through Congress, severely limited strike activities .
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If federal jobless benefits end, nation loses 131,000 jobs
November 7, 2013If federally funded extended unemployment insurance benefits expire as scheduled at the end of 2013, the economy will lose 310,000 jobs in 2014.
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