Labor

Hotel workers animate San Francisco’s Labor Day

September 7, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Hundreds of hotel workers and their supporters thronged through the heart of downtown Sept. 5, marking Labor Day with a lively, noisy march.

Port workers spend Labor Day on picket line

September 7, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

LONGVIEW, Wash. - Embattled dockworkers marched on their picket lines, Labor Day weekend, standing tall against EGT, the international grain consortium that seeks to break the union at their huge new grain terminal in the Port...

From Wal-Mart to hot dogs, courts important for workers

September 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

So you still don't think courts are important to workers? Betty Dukes and Nolan Koewler can quickly set you straight.

Labor history: 2011 marks unhappy anniversary on job safety

September 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The year 2011 should serve as a reminder of how far the U.S. has come on job safety issues - and how far it has yet to go.

Workers blast threat to shut down U.S. Postal Service

September 6, 2011 By John Wojcik

Postal Service employees say threats by the U.S. Postal Service to shut down this winter because of a $9.2 billion deficit are part of a "manufactured crisis" designed to privatize the world's largest mail delivery system.