Jobs – Page 51 – People's World

For this worker, Indian Point nuclear leak was no surprise

February 23, 2016 By David Mirtz

As an ironworker you can end up working in some interesting places; Indian Point nuclear plant, about an hour north of New York City along the Hudson River, was one of them.

Labor leaders say unions will unite behind one candidate in 2016

February 21, 2016 By John Wojcik

The federation is holding off on an endorsement at this time while some of its unions work for Clinton and others for Sanders.

Justice Dept. to prosecutors: Tackle job safety crimes, other abuses

February 19, 2016 By PAI

The point is to make violations of job safety more costly to errant companies, hopefully deterring the firms from breaking the law in the first place.

Inequality by the numbers

February 11, 2016 By Rev. Jim Conn

We Americans like to think of ourselves as a middle-class country where the top is not out of reach and the bottom doesn't pose such a grim, cautionary specter.

Behind Flint water horror, a corrosive cynicism

February 3, 2016 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

Republican Governor Rick Snyder's men have wreaked untold economic damage on the residents of Flint on top of the threat to their health.