Public Workers

Paid sick days the law now in Seattle

September 26, 2011 By John Wojcik

Seattle's mayor signed the historic bill Friday. Every worker in the city, depending upon his or her conditions of employment, is now guaranteed five to nine sick days per year.

Labor journalists see themselves as a voice for workers

September 23, 2011 By John Wojcik

Sometimes the mainstream media just doesn't get it.

Oklahoma labor commissioner calls public workers “feral hogs”

September 22, 2011 By J. Shepherd

The ideology expressed by Costello and his ilk is dangerously close to the rhetoric of eugenicists, the pre-Nazi pseudo-scientific movement.

Does outsourcing save government money?

September 16, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Contracting out federal jobs to the private sector wastes billions of dollars, a new study shows.

Why women unionists back others under attack

September 2, 2011 By Karen J. See

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "There are only two ways to bring about protection for workers... legislation and unionization."