Two-tier wages to be key issue at UAW talks with Detroit three
"A society built on low-wage jobs does not deliver purchasing power, it only increases the number of workers in poverty."
Growers move to gut California’s farm labor law
Gerawan Farming, one of the country's largest growers, is challenging the law that makes farm workers' union rights enforceable.
Nurses take to streets again to push 'Robin Hood Tax'
"We need a robust tax on Wall Street trading to provide the revenue needed to invest in education, health and communities."
Trumka says Colombia example exposes problems with trade deals
"Investors and companies have received benefits," Trumka said, "while workers have not, this has to change."
Workers in LA: tipping the fair wage balance
"People who make less than $15 an hour know plenty about money; they know what it's like not to have enough money."
Official jobless rate stays at 5.5 percent
The U.S. official unemployment rate stayed at 5.5 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced.
Today in history: Feminist labor organizer Rose Schneiderman is born
A fiery labor orator, feminist and socialist, she served as president of the Women's Trade Union League.
To raise wages in Panama, dockers join a U.S. union
In Panama they call longshore pay "hunger wages." Workers' families live below the government's own poverty line, and some families literally go hungry.
McDonald’s wage announcement draws the ire of low-wage workers
"Millions of families working for poverty wages will continue to struggle until McDonald's pays a living wage."
Drawing on California model, nurse staffing and advocacy bill introduced
"This legislation would improve patient care by establishing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios."
