Shrimp workers exploited and enslaved at Walmart warehouse
Two thousand shrimp workers from Cambodia and Myanmar suffered human rights abuses and indentured servitude at the hands of Walmart.
Unions back law to protect pregnant workers
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would ensure that pregnant workers are not forced out of their jobs or denied job modifications that would allow them to continue working.
Pigeon abuse is a multi-million-dollar enterprise
The animal rights group presented law enforcement organaizations including the FBI with a book's worth of evidence.
May Day strikes and actions dot the Bay Area
Bay Area unions and immigrant rights organizations marked May Day with picket lines, rallies and marches in cities around the region.
Tens of thousands rally at Union Square May Day celebration
Unionists, Occupy Wall Street supporters, immigrants, women, LGBT activists and the disabled filled Union Square from one end to the other on May Day.
Walmart ordered to pay $4.8 million in stolen overtime
The announcement was made as the enormous retail chain - and its attack on labor - became a focus of the annual May Day march held here yesterday.
"Enough is enough": Missouri residents demand energy giant pay taxes
The rally was planned to coincide with Peabody Energy's corporate shareholders' meeting, which was being held at the Peabody Opera House.
Thousands march peacefully in Chicago on May Day
The rallies and march were testimony once again to the apparent success labor, immigrant rights and others have had in recent years re-claiming May Day.
Arizona rallies against war on women
Over 300 women and men braved the hot Arizona sun on Apr. 28 to call for an end to the the Republican Party's "war on women."
Gov. Scott ramps up war on women
While the GOP was opposing the Violence Against Women Act, Florida's governor slashed $1.5 million for 30 rape crisis centers.
