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."
USW local ratifies new pact with Honeywell, ends long lockout
The plant was scheduled to reopen Apr. 1 but the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission must recertify the workers before all can return.
Call for $15 and a union rings through Ebeneezer Baptist Church
Fast food servers, homecare and airport workers, and students gave witness to the low pay facing them in today's increasingly service-centered economy.
Workers call McDonald’s hourly wage raise a PR gimmick
"It's a PR stunt, and that stunt isn't going to pay my gas bill this month, or get my landlord off my back."
Labor returns to its roots: Bringing immigrants out of the shadows
A "key piece of the raising wages agenda is a workable pathway to citizenship" for undocumented workers.
A parable: Jim Matles and the GE pastry tray
A parable is a story that has a double meaning. A good one captures the spirit of paradox in every moment yet does not stand still.
