Workers in LA: tipping the fair wage balance
"People who make less than $15 an hour know plenty about money; they know what it's like not to have enough money."
To raise wages in Panama, dockers join a U.S. union
In Panama they call longshore pay "hunger wages." Workers' families live below the government's own poverty line, and some families literally go hungry.
USW local ratifies new pact with Honeywell, ends long lockout
The plant was scheduled to reopen Apr. 1 but the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission must recertify the workers before all can return.
Call for $15 and a union rings through Ebeneezer Baptist Church
Fast food servers, homecare and airport workers, and students gave witness to the low pay facing them in today's increasingly service-centered economy.
Labor returns to its roots: Bringing immigrants out of the shadows
A "key piece of the raising wages agenda is a workable pathway to citizenship" for undocumented workers.
A parable: Jim Matles and the GE pastry tray
A parable is a story that has a double meaning. A good one captures the spirit of paradox in every moment yet does not stand still.
AFL-CIO, allies praise White House drive for paid family leave law
The AFL-CIO, women's rights groups, and their allies are praising a new campaign to push Congress to enact a paid family and medical leave law.
Jim Hightower opens new front in fight to save postal service
"The Postal Service takes in $68 billion a year in revenue and Wall Street wants it."
Today in labor history: César Chávez born in 1927
Chávez was also an early environmentalist, warning the public of the devastating effects of pesticides on both farmworkers and consumers.
Missouri unionists, businesses, officials mobilize vs. 'right-to-work'
They packed the Small Business Committee hearing room and offered detailed testimony on the benefits of unionization and the harm such a law would cause.
