Labor
For Hilda Solis, workplace safety more than a slogan
November 9, 2009If the last week of October and the beginning of November are any indication the U.S. Department of Labor is on a crime busting spree.
Read moreUnemployment at record levels
November 9, 2009The nation's official unemployment rate soared into double-digit territory in October, increasing 0.4 percent that month, to 10.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Read moreJanitors call for ‘green’ cleaning
November 7, 2009SAN FRANCISCO - For weeks now, teams of supermarket janitors have been traversing northern California on a mission: get supermakerts to go green.
Read moreInternational labor campaign against nuclear weapons
November 7, 2009In a sign of growing international labor solidarity around broad social issues labor unions and peace groups have launched a new petition campaign to abolish nuclear weapons.
Read moreHotel workers strike the Grand Hyatt
November 6, 2009Hotel workers issued a wake-up call to 31 prime hotels Nov. 5 as they massed outside the Grand Hyatt, in the upscale Union Square area, to begin a three-day strike.
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