workers rights
Japanese workers fight Sony “downsizing room”
April 19, 2013In Japan, large corporations are using "downsizing rooms" as a humiliating pressure tactic to force their employees to quit their jobs.
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Today in labor history: King writes famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
April 16, 2013On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., imprisoned in Alabama for protesting segregation, wrote his powerful and eloquent answer to criticisms of him, the civil rights movement and its nonviolent direct action tactics.
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One of the nation’s longest lockouts comes to an end
April 16, 2013Union workers at American Crystal Sugar plants in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa expect to return to work soon now that they approved a contract last Saturday.
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Missouri unions fight right-to-work legislation
April 9, 2013"This is nothing more than a politically motivated attack on workers designed to eliminate your voice."
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Fast food workers walk out, seek living wages, union recognition
April 5, 2013Thousands of New York City fast food workers staged a second one-day walkout from their jobs.
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