For Hilda Solis, workplace safety more than a slogan
If the last week of October and the beginning of November are any indication the U.S. Department of Labor is on a crime busting spree.
Unemployment at record levels
The nation's official unemployment rate soared into double-digit territory in October, increasing 0.4 percent that month, to 10.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Janitors call for ‘green’ cleaning
SAN FRANCISCO - For weeks now, teams of supermarket janitors have been traversing northern California on a mission: get supermakerts to go green.
Hotel workers strike the Grand Hyatt
Hotel workers issued a wake-up call to 31 prime hotels Nov. 5 as they massed outside the Grand Hyatt, in the upscale Union Square area, to begin a three-day strike.
Labor Department says worker productivity soaring
Not surprising at all to millions of U.S. workers were the results of a report by the Labor Department that said worker productivity soared in the last quarter by 6.6 percent, more than it has in six years.
U.S. Steelworkers to experiment with factory ownership, Mondragon style
The United Steelworkers union, North America's largest industrial trade union, announced a new collaboration with the world's largest worker-owned cooperative, Mondragon International.
Transit workers on strike for pay and pensions
Transport Workers, Local 234 struck the Southeastern, Pa. Transportation Authority (SEPTA). on the morning of Nov. 3 over pay and pension related issues.
Wisconsin set to teach labor history
Shouldn't it be natural for public schools to put front and center labor history?
USW vs. Georgia Pacific: another ‘Employee Free Choice’ moment
WHEATFIELD, Ind. — United Steelworkers and retirees from around Indiana and Illinois came to this rural area here Nov.3 to show support for their union at Georgia Pacific's wallboard plant there.
San Diego: land of day laborers, farm workers and guest workers
In Oceanside, Carlsbad, Del Mar and north San Diego County, immigrant day laborers wait by the side of the road, hoping a contractor will stop and offer them work.
