Unionists cheer as railroad adminstration proposes two-person train crews
This is seen as a big win for rail workers, their unions, their members and rail safety.
Easter Rising 1916: Labor and the Irish independence struggle
An unexpected commotion disrupted routine in a busy city center on an April morning one hundred years ago.
What’s the value of this man’s work?
His name is Kwaku Agyeman, and he has a job pushing wheelchairs for airport passengers who otherwise would have a hard time getting around.
Suffering the insufferable because of economic insecurity: Women in the economy
A large number of presenters addressed several aspects of the crisis of women's work today.
Layoffs continue as newspaper workers continue fight for fair wages, job security
"They've been treating the workforce like something they can just ignore."
This week in women’s history: Militant furriers strike successfully in 1926
Some 10,000 women workers in the needle trades, mostly Jewish and Italian, took to the New York City streets to demand higher wages.
The case against Uber
Many people are beginning to question, and think twice, about safety concerns with Uber.
Nation’s top labor leader calls Trump an “anti-American bigot”
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka challenged Donald Trump's appeal to working class voters.
Minnesotans lose millions through rampant wage theft
An investigation by Workday Minnesota found wage theft in Minnesota is larger and more widespread than most people realize - and the problem is growing.
“New York is a union town!” Bröd Kitchen workers fight back
Workers and activists flooded the sidewalk surrounding Bröd Kitchen's West Village location in response to its latest slew of retaliatory firings.
