Justices give biz 9-0 win over workers in security screenings case
For Amazon.com workers, the ruling means spending 25 minutes in line every day, unpaid, while waiting for a mandatory security check.
Need for bathroom breaks is no joke!
We've heard of employers mistreating their workers, but the following item out of Seattle is the latest entry in the "You gotta be kidding" category.
Union leaders and immigrants’ rights advocates: new trade pacts disastrous
Implementation of new "free trade" pacts, and specifically the TPP between the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, could lead to mass unemployment in Latin America.
Walmart workers: When we fight, we win!
"Don't be afraid, come out and fight for your rights, see all these people here. This gives me hope."
Black Friday at Walmart: Poverty wages keep prices low
As Black Friday marked the start of this year's shopping season, unionists reflected on what they would get workers this year if they could get them anything in the world.
Senate to OK McFerran to NLRB seat
The Senate planned to vote on Dec. 8 on President Obama's nomination of Lauren McFerran to a National Labor Relations Board seat.
Fast food workers walk off the job in 190 cities
Fast food workers walked off the job from one end of the country to the other today, with police arresting hundreds of workers engaging in civil disobedience.
Jobless rate unchanged in Nov., businesses say they created 321K jobs
The number of unemployed actually rose by 115,000 in November, to 9.11 million, BLS said. But an equal number of workers found jobs, so the rate stayed unchanged.
California low wage workers on the move
Some 200 workers, labor and community supporters gathered in the heart of the largely Latino Fruitvale neighborhood Dec. 4.
New crop of lawmakers the latest threat to Michigan prevailing wage
Repeal of the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act would be a coup for "limited government" conservatives, and a devastating blow to the state's construction industry.
