Don’t do business at Congress Hotel, strikers urge
"We're here to ask your support in our strike against the Congress Hotel - our families have been suffering for seven long years."
POWER Act would curb worker abuse, senator says
Lawmaker announces bill to strengthen immigrant and all workers' rights on the job.
Mine union leader on Massey CEO: Handcuff and jail him!
West Virginia coal miners stopped work April 16 to mourn the 29 killed at the Massey Energy mine, and President Obama ordered a top-to-bottom review of mine safety enforcement.
NYC labor movement: Let’s reclaim May Day
"Reclaim the history of May Day for the working class!" That was the message of the April 8 mobilization meeting for the May Day March and Rally that will take place May 1 in Manhattan's Foley Square.
Massey CEO to miners: I will close this mine if you vote union
"This guy, making $30-some million in 2005, went inside the coal mine and sat down with every single worker and said: 'If you vote for the union, you're not going to have a job because I will close this mine down.'"
Why working people are angry and why politicians should listen
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka details the struggles facing America's working people and the challenges to take the anger and use it in unifying and productive ways.
For the Massey miners: Journal of Catherine Terry, 30 November 1920
As a memorial for the 25 miners who lost their lives this past week in Montcoal, W. Va., at the Massey Energy mine, this poem says more than 100 articles.
Deadly explosions kill 31 energy workers in one week
ANACORTES, Wash.---Families and co-workers of six oil workers killed in a refinery explosion here April 2 were mourning their dead when three days later another explosion, this one in a West Virginia coal mine killed 25 miners, a deadly toll of 31 energy workers in less than a week.
Internships may be just another word for exploitation, Labor Dept. says
The Labor Department is cracking down on unpaid internships, and it has generated a flood of comments on The New York Times web site and elsewhere. No wonder.
Honor Cesar Chavez by protecting farmworker children
Farmworker rights, civil rights groups and labor leaders are urging supporters to call their lawmakers and ask them to endorse the Children's Act for Responsible Employment.
