Labor
Screen Actors Guild Awards — the union alternative to the Oscars
January 25, 2016"Yes, it's glitzy and glamorous, but really it's about celebrating our union."
Read moreWorkers of San Quintin Valley: No longer willing to be invisible
January 22, 2016Thousands of workers - who pick strawberries and tomatoes for the US market - went on a two-week strike in protest over their poverty wages.
Read moreLabor experts ask NLRB: give unions equal voice, time at “captive audience” meetings
January 21, 2016The current captive audience meetings let employers summon workers into closed meetings to hear anti-union rhetoric and worse.
Read moreSteelworkers, ExxonMobil, CalOSHA start talks on Torrance refinery explosion
January 21, 2016"Things are going fine" in the talks with ExxonMobil, "but it's a slow process."
Read more“Ramp up our pay,” demand Seattle baggage handlers
January 20, 2016It's about fairness as much as the money, a baggage handler says; "I have to follow the law, why shouldn't they?"
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