Pennsylvania American Water slapped by NLRB
Pennsylvania American Water, subsidiary of one of the nation's richest utilities, apparently isn't content with letting its executives feed at the ratepayers' trough, the Utility Workers note.
Sweatshops in America? Yes, at T-Mobile call centers
T-Mobile call center employees are forced to work in a highly stressful setting that demands they meet unrealistic quotas with only a short amount of time to handle customer requests.
Today in labor history: 100,000 march on D.C. for ERA
On July 9, 1978, over 100,000 marched on Washington D.C. in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Today in labor history: Labor organizer "Mother" Bloor born
On July 8, 1862, labor organizer and leading communist Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor was born on Staten Island, N.Y.
Walmart’s firings lead lawmaker to author worker protection bill
Walmart's reversion to its normal widespread labor law-breaking has prompted Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., to introduce legislation to protect the workers.
Sanders, citing her anti-worker stand, is sole senator vs. Pritzker
Hyatt fired housekeepers, replacing them with out-of-state minimum-wage temps. Unite Here has called a boycott of Hyatt.
Today in labor history: Activist Agnes Nestor born
On June 24, 1880, labor and women's rights activist Agnes Nestor was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. She moved to Chicago in 1897 and started working at the age of 14 in the glove industry
Hearings held on ‘right-to-work’ in Ohio
The Manufacturing & Workforce Development Committee of the Ohio legislature, unanimously voted to table three so-called 'right-to-work' bills.
Union leaders question proposed U.S.-Europe ‘free trade’ pact
Union leaders from the U.S. and Europe are questioning the value and safeguards for workers in a proposed "free trade" pact between the world's two largest trading areas.
Mississippi Nissan workers go global in fight for justice
UAW President Bob King, and actor Danny Glover are in Johannesburg where that country's Metalworkers union has come out fighting for the right of 5,000 Mississippi Nissan workers to organize a union.
