worker rights – Page 223

This is what a workers’ uprising looks like

March 22, 2011 By John Wojcik

Anyone who thinks the upsurge by workers all across America is not of historic proportions hasn't been paying attention.

Triangle fire memorial draws parallels with today

March 22, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON (PAI) - A half-day-long Capitol Hill commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire drew uncomfortable parallels with conditions facing workers today. The fire in Manhattan killed 146 young immigrant workers, almost...

Routing the barbarians at the gate

March 22, 2011 By Rick Nagin

The right-wing offensive is backfiring. But the battle is far from won.

Skokie, Ill. students walk out for union rights

March 22, 2011 By Charles Bakes

More than 300 Niles West High School students walked out of classes March 17 to protest anti-union legislation under consideration in Illinois' neighboring states.

Labor & community join mercado workers’ struggle

March 21, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

OAKLAND, Calif. - Some 30,000 California workers, many of them in the San Francisco Bay Area, are employed by mercados - Latino, Asian and other ethnic grocery stores numbering many recent immigrants among both workers and...