Labor
Recycling workers say “enough!”
November 3, 2014Within days of each other last week, two groups of Northern California recycling workers declared they'd had enough of what they see as regimes of indignity and discrimination.
Read moreWisconsin’s Walker worries as workers organize
October 31, 2014In U.S. elections, incumbent governors have an 80 percent chance of being re-elected. So why is Scott Walker having such a difficult time convincing voters to give him a second term?
Read moreLabor making intensive final push for Election Day, Nov. 4
October 31, 2014Backed by radio ads from the AFL-CIO and several top unions, workers and their allies mounted a final intensive political push in the week before the Nov. 4 election.
Read moreToday in labor history: Nat Turner captured
October 30, 2014On this day in 1831, Nat Turner, leader of one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history was captured.
Read moreObama barnstorms in Wisconsin against the GOP
October 30, 2014Without mentioning Wisconsin's GOP Gov. Scott Walker by name, President Obama blasted Walker for opposing an increase in Wisconsin's $7.25 minimum wage.
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