Memorial Day 2010: A steelworker point of view
Someone said that in a progressive society there is nothing permanent except change.
Video: Don't get caught in a bad hotel!
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer activists creatively tell the hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ people from all over the country coming to San Francisco in June for Pride to stay out of the boycotted hotels.
Steelworkers lobby for jobs, jobs, jobs -- good, green and safe
WASHINGTON — "Our people want to work!" Rep. Betty Sutton of Ohio declared at the 1,000-strong Steelworker Rapid Response Conference here on May 6.
Vale Inco declares war on striking steelworkers
Last week mediated talks broke off between United Steelworkers Local 6500 and Vale Inco, the giant Brazilian owned transnational mining company, at two mines in Ontario, Canada.
“Worse than Katrina,” La. leaders warn oil spill worse than media says
NEW ORLEANS - Labor leaders here say the oil spill will be worse for workers in this region than Hurricane Katrina was almost five years ago and that the major media, both locally and nationally, are actually downplaying its significance.
Celebrating Mother’s Day on the picket line
PLEASANTON, Calif. - In the greeting card image of Mother's Day, Mother - surrounded by bouquets of flowers - is served breakfast in bed by her loving family before being treated to a sumptuous dinner at a posh restaurant.
New York reclaims May Day
The workers of the world united, literally, May 1 in a historic rally organized by the labor and immigrants' rights movements.
Voices silenced in 1887 heard louder than ever this May Day
CHICAGO - "Like those guys," said former Starbucks worker Joe Tessane, pointing to the Haymarket monument behind him, "I'm not giving up."
Obama at miners’ memorial asks ‘How can we fail them?’
"How can a nation that relies on its miners not do everything in its power to protect them?" the president said to the thousands at Sunday's memorial in Beckley, W.Va.
Nursing home workers strike hard-line Spectrum Corp.
Nurses, nursing assistants and elder-care support staff at four skilled nursing homes operated by Spectrum Healthcare went on strike in four Connecticut cities this week.
