GOP Senate leaders scheme to hamstring NLRB
They are upset by a General Counsel's memo saying franchise holders and the chains that enfranchise them are both responsible for obeying wage and working condition laws.
U.S. to push worker rights trade case vs. Guatemala
Saying the Guatemalan government did not live up to its own worker rights commitments, the Obama administration will push its trade case against the Central American nation.
Coming in October: North American Labor History Conference
Started in 1979, Detroit's annual Labor History Conference has continuously brought pressing issues faced by the worldwide working class to the front of academic scholarship.
GOP filibuster defeats paycheck fairness act, again
Women's' groups calculate the median female worker loses $11,600 yearly to the discriminatory wage gap.
Election is biggest union organizing victory in the South in decades
New American Airlines passenger service agents vote big for union representation.
Today in labor history: Jewish labor leaders stamps issued
The progressive secular Jewish Currents magazine issued the stamps: Notable among them are four women and a range of ideological orientations
Walmart forces workers to pay for new uniforms
"Every few months you guys dream up something new to torture the associates with."
Fast food workers on West Coast were part of national strikes
Supporters thanked those arrested for their commitment as they boarded the police wagon, recognizing that their wage increase would be a boost to all workers.
Letter Carriers honor heroes for foiling child molester
All the honorees are examples of "courage, compassion and dedication or all three," said Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando.
Trumka on 9-11: Honor the victims but help those still suffering
Now more than 30,000 responders are sick and many have died from respiratory diseases and other health problems.
