Wage gap widening, unionization declining worldwide
Declining unionization and increasing globalization are two key factors that are widening wage gaps between the rich and everyone else.
Union hopes $4 billion fine will force change at BP
Steelworkers Vice President Gary Beevers hopes the record fine and criminal charge pleas by British Petroleum will finally force the oil industry to take safety seriously.
New York bus strike continues
While the school bus strike nears its second week, a decision by the National Labor Relations Board could compel both sides to the table.
Unemployment at 7.9% in January
The nation's unemployment rate was 7.9% in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said, up 0.1% from December's figure.
Today in Labor History: 12,000 on strike in Texas
On this day in 1938, 12,000 pecan shellers in San Antonio, Texas, went on strike in 400 locations.
Mississippi Nissan workers "honor democracy" with fight for union
Organizing Canton could be a stepping-stone to organizing the South's growing auto industry. "This particular campaign is beneficial both for the nation and for the world."
CPUSA leader turns up the volume on labor’s future
A crowd heard Communist Party Labor Commission Chair Scott Marshall's take on how he sees these issues fit into the macro-challenges facing labor movement today.
Germans say Americans need “attitude shift” about work
Remaking the U.S. workforce to make it more competitive in the 21st century will take an attitude shift by companies, students, and their parents.
Single-payer health care advocates plan new campaign
Some 200 union advocates of single-payer government-run national health care met in Chicago in mid-January to plan their next moves.
