UAW's King: "Activism is needed to overcome obstructionists"
In a message to 1,000-plus activists at UAW's political action conference in D.C., the union leader said activism is even more necessary because 2014 is an election year, when foes of workers will go all out against them.
Today in labor history: Employee time clock invented
On this day in 1888, the employee time clock was invented by Willard Bundy, a jeweler in Auburn, N.Y. Bundy's brother Harlow started mass producing them a year later.
Today in labor history: Minimum wage rises 70 cents, fight continues
Today in 2009, the U.S. minimum wage rose 70 cents from $6.55 to $7.25. Low-wage workers struggled mightily for that meager increase.
Workers cry out for higher minimum wage
From Pittsburgh to Peoria to Portland and from Washington to Detroit, workers came out this week to demand a hike in the federal minimum wage.
Missiouri, workers, faithful fight for better minimum wage
"The labor movement and the faith community are joined at the hip."
Missouri activists, unions say yes to cost-of-living
Missouri labor activists and leaders note that voters across the state overwhelmingly support increasing the minimum wage, which would benefit everyone.
On Human Rights Day, caregivers celebrate a victory
SAN FRANCISCO - For two hardworking women, International Human Rights Day 2010 was an occasion to celebrate. Victoria Aquino and Lourdes Torres, who came to the U.S. from the Philippines in recent years and worked as caregivers in a San Francisco rest home, have won a settlement from their employer totaling over $70,000 in unpaid wages and penalties.
Republican attack on labor goes way beyond Congress
During the Great Depression, big business used the crisis to attack workers' wages and living standards directly, cutting wages even while turning big profits. And exactly the same thing is happening again.
In English, Chinese and Spanish, low-wage workers demand rights bill
Workers unite across language, race and neighborhood barriers for a Low Wage Workers Bill of Rights.
