Defending Walmart’s low pay puts the lie to conservative philosophy
Could it possibly be that the time has come to take a more objective and clear-eyed look at what is happening at our nation's largest employer?
Today in labor history: UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
McDonald’s workers fed up with what company dishes out
The movement to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers got a boost here Thursday.
Lawrence & Memorial hospital nurses locked out
Locked out nurses and tech workers at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital have put their jobs on the line to protect quality patient care and stop privatization and union busting.
Workers plan nationwide strikes against "bully" Walmart
"Walmart is just a bully, and people across the country are starting to see the real Walmart, that's why I continue to stand up, because the time for change is now."
McDonald's tells workers to sell their Christmas gifts for cash
McDonald's won't stop dolling out bizarre "advice" for their employees, including a set of "tips" ranging from stress management techniques to how to get a quick buck.
Walmart seeks food donations for its workers
"How about paying workers more than $7.25 an hour?'" asked Terrie Napolitano, a Lodi, New Jersey resident who shops at several Walmarts in her area.
Community, union unite to save jobs at GE plant
General Electric recently announced that it slated the closure of its plant in Fort Edwards, N.Y., and intends to move the remaining plant operations to an undisclosed site.
Today in labor history: FDR unveils Civil Works Administration
President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration on November 8, 1933, a short-lived program, but one that created jobs for millions of unemployed workers, giving temporary relief to the suffering in the midst of the Great Depression.
If federal jobless benefits end, nation loses 131,000 jobs
If federally funded extended unemployment insurance benefits expire as scheduled at the end of 2013, the economy will lose 310,000 jobs in 2014.
