Eisenberg, Humane Society on mistreatment of exotic birds
The exotic pet trade is a blossoming, corrupt business that inadvertently creates a large percentage of mistreated parrots.
Ship products not jobs, say Detroiters
The still active Detroit Port on the Detroit River is where union members and city residents rallied yesterday.
OSHA's Barab walks fine line on firms' 'voluntary protection'
House Republicans demand OSHA emphasize its Voluntary Protection Program while unions and the GAO say OSHA doesn't have the staff to monitor VPP firms' performance.
NOW: Women workers of the world, organize!
Feminists and labor activists at this month's NOW 2012 National Conference discussed women's roles and rights in the national and global economy.
Feminists call for unity in face of GOP onslaught
Feminists, lawmakers and activists from across the country convened here June 29 - July 1 for NOW's 2012 National Conference.
Title IX women’s equality law marks 40th anniversary
The measure, an amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, prohibited gender inequality in federally funded education programs and institutions.
After Court smackdown of Arizona, DREAMers speak out
President Obama recently ordered an end to deportation of young people who have been brought to this country as children.
Michigan 'protect our jobs' petition passes signature threshold
Michigan's Protect Our Jobs coalition has gathered more than double the amount of signatures necessary to put a proposed state constitutional amendment enshrining union rights on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Some Republican anti-labor moves derailed, the fight goes on
Three narrow votes in a key Senate committee and some crafty maneuvering by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., derailed anti-labor schemes that right-wing Republican senators hatched and floated in mid-June.
The V-word Ohio GOP doesn't want you to hear
CLEVELAND - "Vote! - that is the other V-word they don't want to hear," Kellie Copeland told a crowd of 150 at a forum on the War on Women here Tuesday.
