Union happy with new Obama crackdown on mine owners
Mine workers welcome Obama's plan to make it easier in cracking down on coal companies that are constant safety violators. However specific rules need to be enforced in order to further erode the systemic problem, unions say.
Obama renominates his pick for labor board
Showing he won't take the Senate GOP "no's" for an answer, President Barack Obama on Jan. 26 renominated former top union attorney Craig Becker as a member of the National Labor Relations Board.
Union elections ahead at United
The merger of Continental Airlines into Chicago-based United Airlines, creating the newest mega-carrier, will set off a round of union recognition elections among the combined carrier's 55,000 workers
OSHA backtracks on documenting ergonomic injuries
Responding to what it called complaints by "small business," the Occupational Safety and Health Administration retreated from even the mild ergonomics proposal it had planned for later this year.
California's paid family-leave a success
California's landmark Paid Family Leave (PFL) program has produced substantial "economic, social, and health" gains for workers and their families.
Unions benefit Asian Pacific American workers
When it comes to wages, health insurance and workplace retirement plans Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) enjoy major benefit advantages if they belong to unions, according to a new report.
Labor Department drafts rules to protect more health care workers
Obama's Labor Department will likely bring more home healthcare workers under protection of federal minimum wage and overtime laws.
Shop Talk: Freelancers go union, paid family leave a success
Unemployed people lucky enough to find new jobs are making less than they did before and almost 40 percent took a 20 percent cut in pay.
Court stops anti-labor practice at world-renowned Mayo Clinic
The Supreme Court rejected a claim by the famous Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. that its resident medical graduates were actually students, not employees that work more than 40 hours per week and are entitled to the protection of regular labor laws.
Bitter chocolate: Hershey’s candy closes a plant
Where were your Hershey's kisses made?Chances are, the answer is Mexico, not Hershey, Pennsylvania.
