Ratio of job seekers to job openings slips below 3-to-1
Even in the industries with the most favorable ratio of unemployed workers to job openings, there are still 30 percent more unemployed workers than job openings
International unions demand freedom for top Colombian labor
International union organizations are joining a drive to free top Colombian labor leader Huber Ballesteros "without delay."
Union leaders welcome end of shutdown, lifting of debt limit
Union leaders welcomed Congress' end of the two-week partial federal shutdown and the decision to suspend the nation's debt limit, thus avoiding what would have been a first-ever default.
Fast food workers rally vs. poverty wages
Fast food workers and their supporters packed a Wendy's restaurant in Oakland Oct. 15, demanding a living wage and labor rights.
Dallas joins national day of protest over shutdown
About 50 activists, many of them retirees, gathered outside the office of Senator Ted Cruz in Dallas on October 15.
Today in labor history: Black inventor Henry Blair patents cotton planter
In 1857 patent rights were denied to slaves and were restored after the Civil War. Blair died in 1860, the year the war began.
Shutdown puts hundreds of thousands in dire straits
About half a million federal employees remain locked out of their jobs due to the shutdown.
Today in labor history: Miners' National Association forms
It sought to unite all miners as workers in a single industrial union, regardless of skill level or ethnicity.
Today in Latino History: Cuba declares independence from Spain
The revolt was led by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. Céspedes, himself a plantation owner, freed his slaves and invited them to join the rebellion.
Report: Nissan in Mississippi is violating international labor law
The company is in violation of the standards on freedom of association, the report notes, because of Nissan's "aggressive interference" with workers attempting to exercise their fundamental right to organize a union.
