Rally in Tenn. demands LGBT rights
All across the state, similar rallies took place to petition President Obama to sign an executive order barring discrimination based on sexual orientation.
30,000 protest "right to work" for less in Michigan
The 58 Republicans who rammed through a 'right to work' for less bill were dwarfed by the 30,000 who descended today on the State Capitol to protest their assault on union rights.
Labor Department: much more to be done on job safety
The Labor Department's Inspector General is still finding holes in enforcement programs of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Uproar, protests, as Michigan house passes right-to-work law
Amid protests, arrests, a lockout from the state capitol building and a Democratic walkout, the GOP-run Michigan House passed a so-called "right to work" law on Dec. 6.
People’s World media forum talks immigrant rights
"If we are going to advance the rights of all workers we must not let immigration be a wedge to pit worker against worker."
Massey exec cops a plea in mine explosion that killed 29
A high-ranking official at Massey Energy Co, will plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of conspiracy to violate federal mine safety and health standards as part of a plea bargain.
Massey manager charged with hiding cause of mine deaths
Prosecutors charged Massey Energy mine manager David C. Hughart with covering up defiance of safety regulations and resulting dangerous conditions from government inspectors.
Petition drive seeks freedom for Oscar Lopez Rivera
Supporters of Oscar Lopez Rivera have kicked off a petition drive asking President Barack Obama to grant clemency to the Puerto Rican independentista,
N. Calif. registered nurses still fighting Sutter takeaways
For the seventh time since fall 2011, registered nurses were walking picket lines at eight Sutter Health facilities in northern California.
Janitors slated for Christmas layoff swamp City Hall
Hundreds of O'Hare Airport workers slated to lose their jobs just before Christmas marched through City Hall today, chanting and waving banners, flags and signs.
