Teachers report: 2016 presidential campaign scares kids
The Southern Poverty Law Center surveyed over 2,000 teachers, who say kids are experiencing fear and stress over the Right's agenda.
May Day, West Coast style
Two large May Day marches converged upon downtown Los Angeles; the flow of marchers and supporters continued for miles.
California janitors ready to strike
Over 20,000 janitors statewide call for a strike against unfair labor practices by janitorial companies who contract with some of the most high-priced real estate owners.
Construction workers killed on the job, manager goes to jail
On Christmas Eve 2009, when the scaffolding they were working on broke in half, four workers were not wearing safety lines and fell thirteen floors.
Today in labor history: The Erie Canal unites Midwest to East Coast
Increased immigration filled the need for labor: many of those working on the canal had recently come to the States from Ireland.
LCLAA report advocates Latino organizing, workers centers
Labor's Council for Latin American Advancement is advocating "strategic investment" in organizing Latinos and more use and promotion of workers' centers.
Triqui migrants do the work, but want change
"When I see people working in the field, I see a lack of equality. If it wasn't for them the crops wouldn't get grown or harvested."
Immigrant rights, anti-police brutality groups unite for May 1
We were solidly united together; one of the speakers in the park called it "capitalism's worst nightmare!"
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.
Trumka: Humanitarian crisis brought out the best and worst in us
The AFL-CIO is calling upon President Barack Obama to take action to adjust these failed policies.
