worker rights
Caterpillar workers strike against take back contract
May 10, 2012Nearly 800 workers at a Caterpillar plant have been on strike since May 1 after the company refused to back off a far reaching concessionary contract proposal.
Read moreTwin Cities hospital strike vote scheduled
May 10, 2012Members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota will vote whether to authorize a strike at eight Twin Cities hospitals.
Read moreOSHA warns bosses on summer heat
May 10, 2012There's a very simple way for employers to avoid having their workers keel over from heat exhaustion or die from heat stroke: "Water, rest, and shade."
Read moreCivil rights group: Stop speedup in poultry plants!
May 10, 2012The National Council of La Raza, has joined the campaign against an Obama administration Agriculture Department proposal to speed up poultry plant processing lines.
Read moreShrimp workers exploited and enslaved at Walmart warehouse
May 9, 2012Two thousand shrimp workers from Cambodia and Myanmar suffered human rights abuses and indentured servitude at the hands of Walmart.
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