Labor
Fast food workers striking all over the world
May 15, 2014Today, fast food workers around the world are engaging in a one-day strike calling for higher wages and the right to form a union.
Read moreMine disasters in W.Va., Turkey tied to corporate negligence
May 15, 2014Two mineworkers were killed late Monday after being trapped in a collapse in a coal mine in Wharton, W.Va., operated by the Patriot Coal Company.
Read moreUnion leader says Supreme Court favors billionaires over workers
May 15, 2014The campaign finance rulings "open the gates to billionaires" to capture the U.S. political process while shutting workers out, AFSCME President Lee Saunders says.
Read moreReader voices: Night shift at McDonald’s, grease burns, minimum wage
May 15, 2014I have worked in the fast food industry myself for two years; I can say it is an exhausting, very underpaying industry to work in.
Read moreToday in labor history: Anti-Monopoly Party founded
May 14, 2014There were 200 delegates from 16 states at the convention, including 61 from Illinois and Michigan.
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