Labor
Fired workers say, ‘Not so fast!’
October 13, 2009Companies that terminate workers in questionable ways are finding themselves in court, facing not just the employees they terminate but also the unions that represent them.
Read moreMexican union fights privatizing electrical grid
October 11, 2009In Mexico, the electricians’ union stands in the way of the government’s attempt to privatize the country’s electrical grid.
Read moreQuilt dramatizes housekeepers’ stories
October 9, 2009Held aloft by hotel workers and community supporters, the Hope Quilt stretched down the block from the Grand Hyatt hotel’s entrance on a sunny October afternoon.
Read moreTeachers protest power play by chancellor
October 9, 2009Two blocks from the White House, hundreds of Washington D.C. public school teachers, parents, students and labor activists today responded with a resounding “no” to what many see as a brutal power grab by the Chancellor...
Read moreWorkers charge Red Cross with unfair labor practices
October 9, 2009ST. LOUIS – “I’ve worked 96 hours in a single week,” Jason Withey, a Red Cross driver from Buffalo, N.Y., told the World here on Oct. 8. “I could live better working at Wal-Mart.”
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