“Fun work experience” turns to nightmare at liquor superstore
"Leading alcoholic beverage-lifestyle" superstore BevMo! offers job-seekers "fun, fast-paced and constantly changing work experiences" - but workers say the reality is different.
Social Security at 75 is under attack, again
"There is no tragedy in growing old, but there is tragedy in growing old without means of support,"President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in 1934.
Letter carriers launch drive to save six-day delivery
The Letter Carriers union has launched a major ‘Save Saturday" drive to rescue six-day mail delivery across the U.S. from the jaws of Postal Service budget cut schemes.
BP admits guilt in Texas City safety violations
BP has finally agreed to pay millions in fines and repairs for its deadly 2005 refinery blast - but the whole industry is "a mess," the Steelworkers union says.
Steelworkers show the way on fair trade
Last week the United Steelworkers union (USW) announced important agreements with two Chinese clean energy companies.
Burger retires from SEIU, Change To Win posts
Anna Burger, who as recently as a few months ago envisioned herself leading the Service Employees, retired on Aug. 11 from her job as its Secretary-Treasurer, the union's #2 post.
Labor’s history has missing pages
I asked a number of retired union activists to help clarify a big mystery raised by the 2003 book, "Left Out: Reds and America's Industrial Unions."
Possible lockout looms for NFL players
There are rumors floating around of a possible National Football League lockout that could possibly come as soon as the 2011 season.
Labor pushes for the swing vote
Pollsters are reporting that the "swing voters," most of them working-class moderates and even some conservatives, are now ready to vote against all incumbents, even if it means putting the GOP back in power.
