Union leaders hail Obama order raising minimum wage for contract workers
They urged other politicians, notably lawmakers in Congress, to follow his lead and raise the national minimum wage.
Postal workers warn public about outsourcing deal with Staples
"Outsourcing an essential public service to a for-profit corporation staffed with clerks making less than a livable wage and no accountability to the American public is completely irrational."
Marxist economist Richard Wolff draws overflow crowds
They flocked to hear the unapologetically self-avowed "Marxian economist" who has long toiled in the obscurity of academia and left circles.
Will Facebook die out by 2017?
According to a new study, one of the world's most popular social networks may be about to go the way of the dinosaur.
Wisconsin moves from progressive “dairyland” to “plutocrats’ paradise”
Wisconsin's governor is attempting to launch a presidential campaign based on his reputation for union-busting, and a state legislature that draws up legislation to satisfy the needs of one multimillionaire.
“Organize, organize, organize”: 16,000 boost Women’s Economic Agenda
Sixteen thousand participants, in a post-State-of-the-Union phone conference Wednesday night, discussed a Women's Economic Agenda for the nation.
Medicaid fight in Virginia takes off
The new Democratic governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is pushing hard for Virginia to sign onto the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Medicaid Expansion Program.
Dark-money groups building campaign for "right to work" in Pa.
KUTZTOWN, Pa. - The never-ending push for right to work (for less) legislation in Pennsylvania is on the move again, but this time there's more of a tangible campaign targeting the conservative base.
Thousands in Seattle march on MLK Day for $15 wage
More than 5,000 protesters marched through downtown Seattle on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day chanting, "Raise the minimum wage now!"
Workers’ rights hardly mentioned by justices at High Court hearing
Supreme Court justices began hearings on National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, a case that could determine whether it is legal to stop the ability of workers to exercise their right to form a union.
