State high courts tackle workers’ issues
What workers win at the bargaining table can be and often is yanked away by men and women in black robes - or sometimes it can be restored by them, too.
Wages: How low can you go?
Whenever the subject of raising hourly pay to a livable level comes up in Los Angeles, you can expect two stalwart foes: The Chamber of Commerce and the Central City Association.
Savoring burgers and labor victories
Of course, these victories did not happen just because a bunch of religious folks showed up to press an issue of justice, but because everyone worked together.
Fast food workers rally in Times Square
The message of the demonstrators was that they are prepared to do whatever it takes to win respect and a living wage, $15 and a union.
Detroit fast food workers arrested during strike for wages and union
As they were taken away hundreds of supporters chanted "We want $15 and we want it now."
Nine years after Katrina, school workers still fighting for justice
It's taken nine years, but some 7,000 former New Orleans school workers may be headed for a multimillion-dollar win of back wages and penalties this fall.
Cablevision workers release new music video
In honor of Labor Day, the workers released a new music video, called "Strike."
Fast food workers plan civil disobedience during Thursday’s nationwide strikes
Fast food workers in cities across the United States are planning strikes and civil disobedience tomorrow, according to organizers.
Battle of the overpass: Henry Ford, the UAW, and the power of the press
Henry Ford in particular was the poster child of anti-unionism in the heady days of strikes and strife, preferring profits over workers' rights.
Outrage over plea bargain in burning death of lab worker
A plea-bargained small settlement in the case of a CWA worker who burned to death in an unsafe college chemical laboratory has outraged both her family and her union.
