Labor – Page 1148 – People's World

OSHA backtracks on documenting ergonomic injuries

February 1, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Responding to what it called complaints by "small business," the Occupational Safety and Health Administration retreated from even the mild ergonomics proposal it had planned for later this year.

Union members march on Koch billionaire secret meeting

January 31, 2011 By John Wojcik

Hundreds marched on a secretive gathering of billionaires that constitutes the core financial support for numerous right-wing causes.

Officials use budget woes to attack public unions

January 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

State officials around the country are using state and local budget woes as a smokescreen for campaigns against public unions.

U.S. union leader jailed in Mexico for supporting Sonora miners

January 27, 2011 By John Wojcik

The United Steelworkers has condemned the Jan. 24 arrest of Manny Armenta, one of its international representatives, by customs officials in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.

California’s paid family-leave a success

January 27, 2011

California's landmark Paid Family Leave (PFL) program has produced substantial "economic, social, and health" gains for workers and their families.