Jobs – Page 61 – People's World

The GOP wants pay cuts for hard workers

March 19, 2015 By Leo Gerard

Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation last week to lower the wages of Wisconsin's middle class workers.

World’s largest indoor farm putting down roots in New Jersey

March 17, 2015 By Blake Skylar

The Newark-based farm will take the space currently being occupied by an abandoned steel factory, with the first phase of operations there to begin later this year.

Oakland workers celebrate new minimum wage

March 2, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

On Mar. 2, tens of thousands of Oakland workers will get a pay raise, and thousands more will have paid sick days for the first time.

Safety tops strike demands for oil workers at BP refinery

February 17, 2015 By Teresa Albano

The workers' demands center on health and safety issues, contracting jobs out to non-union workers and health care.

Longshore union calls employer port shutdown “bad for U.S. economy”

February 12, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

The union has repeatedly emphasized it is committed to reaching a new agreement as quickly as possible, and says only a few issues remain to be negotiated.