Tents return as Occupy Atlanta protests AT&T layoffs
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson received $27 million last year and the telecommunications giant saw its revenues soar to $126.7 billion.
SEIU leader: Americans, South Africans face similar challenges
It appears both the U.S. and South Africa are discussing simliar issues such as rising income inequality and the challenges of advancing a progressive agenda.
Labor fights to recognize Native American rights
The AFL-CIO is fighting to add a new constituency group for Native Americans to its roster.
Secretary of Labor Solis signs migrant workers rights agreements with Latin American countries
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis signed agreements with three more Latin American countries (for a total of six) on the protection of certain rights of migrant workers. The right wing is, predictably, yelling "betrayal".
New Haven candidates' fight for jobs is "what we need"
Years of struggle for good jobs at the site of the former Winchester sporting arms factory, now Science Park at Yale, came together this week when Delphine Clyburn, candidate for Board of Aldermen in Ward 20, led a community delegation to the main building 25 Science Park and demanded 200 jobs.
Report: Sexual discrimination rampant
Sexual discrimination on the job, including sexual harassment, is much more rampant, and takes many more forms, than is generally realized, a new report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research says.
Panel pushes end to secrecy on women's pay
Rampant secrecy about pay, often written into employers' rules and "employee handbooks," helps fuel pay discrimination against women on the job, a panel of equal pay advocates says.
Justices dig into details of Wal-Mart sex discrimination
The Supreme Court is trying to determine whether Wal-Mart's female workers have the right to sue the company as a class.
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.
Meet Eliseo Medina, SEIU's first Latino sec.-treas.
The People's World interviewed Eliseo Medina, widely known as a highly successful organizer and immigrant rights advocate recently elected as the first Latino international secretary-treasurer with SEIU.
