Black Friday Walmart strike wave already underway
"I want people to be able to live better, you know, like the commercial says; nobody lives better now except for the Waltons."
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.
Emergency: Labor radio about to go off the air!
Workers Independent News put the word out this week that unless it raises $90,000 by Nov. 15 it will be forced to go off the air.
Today in labor history: Seminole Indian resistance came to a head
Conflict carried on until the war ended in August 1842, when the Indians were force-marched to Oklahoma.
D.C. taxi drivers join Teamsters
In the latest instance of a group of low-wage, hard-to-organize workers banding together and joining unions, taxi drivers in Washington, D.C., are joining Teamsters Local 922.
Obama’s NLRB nominee confirmed, but others could face roadblocks
Today's action by the U.S. Senate confirming Richard Griffin as NLRB general counsel is the final piece needed to ensure a fully functioning National Labor Relations Board.
Pope Francis, the Bishop of Bling, CEOs, and Leo Gerard
American CEOs and boards of directors should take note of Pope Francis' recent suspension of the "Bishop of Bling."
Unsafe buses being built in LA with $1.50-per-hour Chinese labor
The workers have been living in dormitory-style housing for up to six months, getting paid only $1.50 per hour and a $50 a day allowance.
U.S. diplomats not pushing Colombia on workers’ rights
Overburdened U.S. diplomats are not pushing the Colombian government to live up to its written commitments on workers' rights and other rights that Colombia agreed to fulfill.
Unionized carwash workers in New York win first contracts
The three-year pacts cover workers at the Webster Car Wash and WCA/Rico Pobre Car Wash in the Bronx and the Jomar Car Wash and Sutphin Car Wash in Queens.
