NFL lockout is about stripping workers rights
Despite weeks, if not months, of labor negotiations between NFL owners and players, the nation's most popular sport could see its first shutdown in 24 years.
Video: Farmer-labor alliance reborn in Wisconsin
March 12 the big tractors thundered into Madison, Wisconsin.
Video: South Chicago fights polluting plant
Over a hundred angry demonstrators from Chicago's southeast side rallied at the Illinois state building to protest plans for construction of a coal gasification plant in their neighborhood.
Students nationwide rally for public workers
More than 10,000 students and supporters rallied nationwide during a national day of action to defend public education and the rights of public workers.
Conn. gov joins in "We are one with the workers of Wisconsin"
"I am proud to stand with you and the workers of Wisconsin," Connecticut Gov. Daniel Malloy told hundreda at a Hartford rally Tuesday.
Snow, ice and wind no deterrent as Wisconsin protests begin week two
Thousands of people braved the cold, even slept outside the state Capitol, to support workers' rights.
Sit-in aims to end coal’s grip on Kentucky
Poet Wendell Berry and retired miner Stanley Sturgill were among the Frankfort 14 who occupied the office of Gov. Steve Beshear Feb. 11-14.
Interfaith coalition fights wage theft
WIN is a coalition of members of the faith and labor communities who seek justice in the workplace for metropolitan Memphis workers.
San Francisco firms back paid sick leave law
Two thirds of 727 San Francisco businesses surveyed back the city's paid sick leave ordinance, contradicting prior corporate claims that it would be expensive to business and hurt the economy.
Aid to workers hurt by outsourcing to end
The federal program that has helped hundreds of thousands of workers get back on their feet after their jobs went overseas could soon disappear due to an error by Congress.
