Wages

Support builds for Delta baggage handler fired for speaking out

December 10, 2014 By Randy Croce And Barb Kucera

Delta Airlines' decision to fire a veteran baggage handler for speaking out in support of low-wage workers has elicited widespread criticism.

Black Friday at Walmart: Poverty wages keep prices low

December 8, 2014 By James Raines

As Black Friday marked the start of this year's shopping season, unionists reflected on what they would get workers this year if they could get them anything in the world.

Fast food workers walk off the job in 190 cities

December 5, 2014 By John Wojcik

Fast food workers walked off the job from one end of the country to the other today, with police arresting hundreds of workers engaging in civil disobedience.

California low wage workers on the move

December 5, 2014 By Marilyn Bechtel

Some 200 workers, labor and community supporters gathered in the heart of the largely Latino Fruitvale neighborhood Dec. 4.

New crop of lawmakers the latest threat to Michigan prevailing wage

December 4, 2014 By Chaz Bolte And Marty Mulcahy

Repeal of the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act would be a coup for "limited government" conservatives, and a devastating blow to the state's construction industry.