Oklahoma honors labor culture
Last week's Laborfest was a first effort dedicated "to showing Oklahomans the rich history and future of the labor movement in our state," and indeed, Oklahomans have bragging rights.
Muslim worker asks federal probe of Disney discrimination
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been asked to probe Disney's discrimination against a Muslim woman worker.
Palin is new Joe McCarthy, says AFL-CIO Trumka
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Sarah Palin's radical right rhetoric is "poisonous, dangerous and strikes of McCarthyism."
Disney worker rejects employer’s substitute hijab
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Is Disney policy part of the Islamophobia being trumpeted by the ultra-right?
Union delegates resolve to build record voter turnout
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Union activists pledge to knock on 36,000 doors before Election Day in this battleground state.
Justice served to restaurant workers
The Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan (ROC-MI) won a major victory when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an order that Dearborn's Andiamo Restaurant acted illegally.
Disneyland worker sent home for hijab
A Muslim employee in Disneyland's Grand Californian Hotel has been sent home from work with no pay for refusing to take off her hijab while working as a hostess in...
The rich are dying to avoid paying taxes
I recently read with dismay a Wall Street Journal article about the return of the estate tax.
