workers rights
Hyatt workers win big concessions, global boycott to end
July 2, 2013Unite Here, representing hospitality workers, has reached a deal with Hyatt Hotels, ending a four-year bitter battle involving protests, strikes, civil disobedience and a global boycott against the chain.
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Immigration bill, despite flaws, needs united push for House passage
July 2, 2013It would still represent a major victory for immigrants, labor and the working class. It would grant legal status to most undocumented, including some who have already been ordered to depart.
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Overseas Filipino workers deserve better protection
July 2, 2013Philippines embassy personnel and labor officials from the Philippines Overseas Labor Office are currently under investigation for the alleged sexual exploitation of overseas Filipino workers.
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Sanders, citing her anti-worker stand, is sole senator vs. Pritzker
June 27, 2013Hyatt fired housekeepers, replacing them with out-of-state minimum-wage temps. Unite Here has called a boycott of Hyatt.
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Today in labor history: Activist Agnes Nestor born
June 24, 2013On June 24, 1880, labor and women's rights activist Agnes Nestor was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. She moved to Chicago in 1897 and started working at the age of 14 in the glove industry
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