worker rights

Labor takes a look behind kitchen door

September 9, 2013 By Blake Skylar

The second-largest private sector industry in America has a big problem: its workers are paid unlivable wages, and typically cannot eat the very food they are putting on customers' tables.

OUR Walmart shows strength in nation’s heartland

September 9, 2013 By Tim Steinhelfer

Growth of OUR Walmart in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan has been greater than all other states combined.

For dignity and higher wages, Walmart workers risk arrest

September 6, 2013 By Ben Markeson

ORLANDO, Fla. - Seven members and supporters of OUR Walmart, Organization United for Respect at Walmart, were arrested here for blocking an entrance, during a protest at a Walmart in Orange County, Fla., on Sept. 5.

Across nation, Walmart workers protest illegal firings

September 6, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

Across the nation, Walmart workers struck again, and rallied with union and community supporters in some 15 cities.

Fast food workers’ strike is “March on Corporate America”

August 30, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

At yesterday's fast food workers strike, Rep. Barbara Lee told workers, " There's no way workers should have to work for minimum wage and still have to rely on food stamps, Section 8 and Medicaid."