Plant owner gets 20 years in slammer for workers' deaths
OSHA's investigation of the 2010 explosion at a gunpowder plant in Colebrook, N.H., resulted in the issuance of 16 willful and more than 30 serious safety violation citations, along with a $1.2 million penalty
Buried in my grave, before I'll be a Walmart slave!
Walmart workers striking for higher wages here have added the element of song to their picketing, marching and chanting.
Shoppers down but numbers up at Walmart protests
STERLING HEIGHTS. Mich. - While analysts are lamenting that retail sales were down at shopping malls on Black Friday, the numbers were simultaneously "up" at Walmart protests taking place the same day.
Today in labor history: Abolitionist John Brown was hanged
On Dec. 2, 1859, abolitionist John Brown was hanged in Charleston, Va., for his leadership of a plot to incite slave rebellion.
Today in labor history: Workers perform "Pins and Needles" on Broadway
Today in labor history, Nov. 27, 1937, the pro-labor musical revue, "Pins & Needles," opens on Broadway with a cast of International Ladies Garment Workers Union members.
AFGE: GOP senators want to “Walmartize” workforce
Three GOP senators want to "Walmartize" federal workers by eliminating regular pensions for all new hires.
Labor Dept. releases list of “books that shaped work in America”
The U.S. Labor Department has released a fascinating list of "books that shaped work in America."
Unions organizing aid for Philippines, Midwest disasters
The typhoon destroyed several hospitals, along with homes, schools, power lines, bridges and virtually everything else.
Ohio voters make progressive shift
Voters in Cincinnati, Ohio, by huge margin, turned down a tea party initiative that would've wiped out public worker's pensions in that city.
Today in labor history: First-ever U.S. teacher walkout
The "strike for better schools" was intended to reform the way the schools were administered and operated, and also how workers there were treated.
