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Labor board calls for new election at Berkeley Bowl
January 7, 2011A long-simmering labor struggle at the popular Berkeley Bowl Marketplace supermarket has taken a new turn with the National Labor Relations Board's year-end announcement that it has ordered a rerun of a June 2010 election to...
Read moreWorld Notes: Belgium, Canada and more
December 21, 2010World Youth Festival concludes, EU attacks poverty, African migrant workers are barred, Washington is down on dissidents, a Union takes down Wal-Mart, Statistics show social gains.
Read moreHigh court takes Wal-Mart sex discrimination case
December 9, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) -To nobody's surprise, the U.S. Supreme Court will tackle the world's biggest sexual discrimination case, involving the world's largest private corporation, Wal-Mart.
Read moreWomen Wal-Mart workers press class action suit
October 25, 2010The 1.2 million present and former female Wal-Mart workers who are victims of the monster retailer's sexual discrimination urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let their class action suit proceed.
Read moreGive us our rights, workers tell Rite Aid
June 25, 2010Accusing retail giant Rite Aid of "stalling" tactics, hundreds of workers and supporters from California, Pennsylvania and New York marched on the company's annual shareholder meeting.
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