Labor
EDITORIAL: Poison pills
August 4, 2006Does the hard working woman refilling your coffee cup at the lunch counter look like she deserves a pay cut? That could be the outcome if the minimum wage bill, passed in the dead of the...
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Indianapolis organizing news
August 4, 2006AFSCME librarians vow to shelve budget cuts, SEIU janitors fight to clean up poverty wages Demanding the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Board recognize its workers’ collective bargaining rights, 60 American Federation of State, County, and Municipal...
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Hotel workers hit the bricks for fair contracts
August 4, 2006SAN FRANCISCO — Hotel workers on both sides of San Francisco Bay took to the streets last week in their struggles for fair union contracts. Over 1,400 members and supporters of Unite Here Local 2 marched...
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Workers signing union cards at Yale-New Haven Hospital
August 4, 2006NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “Nobody can take away your courage,” said Carmen Boudier, president of New England 1199 SEIU, to a large audience of workers at Yale-New Haven Hospital who came to sign up for the...
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Chicago to Wal-Mart: Pay a living wage
August 4, 2006CHICAGO — A packed gallery erupted into jubilation as the City Council passed an ordinance July 26 making Chicago the largest city to set minimum wage and benefit standards for retail giants like Wal-Mart. The measure...
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