worker rights – Page 203

Workers reject sugar company demands; lockout continues

November 3, 2011 By John Wojcik

Workers at American Crystal Sugar's seven plants in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa rejected, by a nine to one margin in a Nov. 1 vote, the company's latest demands.

Eyewitness describes brutality in tobacco fields

October 28, 2011 By Blake Skylar

"What we saw was never to be imagined: When the work day ends, farm workers - men, women, and children - returned to grim camps."

Tobacco workers exposed to human rights abuse

October 27, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Farm workers face job-related hazards, including heat stroke, pesticide, and acute nicotine poisoning.

Manufacturing jobs coming back to the U.S.? What’s the catch?

October 27, 2011 By Barbara Russum

The big-name Boston Consulting Group issued a report titled "Made in America Again: Why Manufacturing Will Return to the U.S." But the key word in the title is why.

California car wash workers win union contract

October 26, 2011 By Blake Skylar

On Tuesday, workers at Bonus Car Wash in Santa Monica, Calif. reached a contract, becoming the first-ever Southern California car wash to unionize, reported the AFL-CIO.