Asian Pacific American worker hearing hailed as labor milestone
The first-ever National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing was an emotional event for Asian Pacific trade unionists.
Workers in U.S. most dangerous industry demand protection
He's had a gun put up to his head during a robbery. He's been assaulted with a crowbar, and had every window in his car broken. He's had a jagged beer bottle shoved into his neck.
Strike at Illinois campus demands protection of tuition waivers
Update: GEO picketing was suspended at 1:00 CST on the 17th, following a bargaining session with the administration in which tuition waivers were secured.
Americans for Finance Reform takes aim at big finance
Americans for Finance Reform is making it clear that curbing the power of the nation's finance industry will help boost the economy more than focusing on deficits.
Unemployment crisis continues to grow
CHICAGO - "The stock market rebound is great news, I suppose, but it means nothing for us at home."
S K Handtools workers end strike, save health care and jobs
CHICAGO - After a 10-week strike to save their jobs, health care and union, seventy Teamster Local 743 members at S K Handtools voted 3 to 1 to accept the company offer and began returning to work Nov. 6.
Illinois graduate employees move towards strike
The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been engaged in a hard fought struggle to establish adequate compensation for its members.
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.
