Labor
Construction workers killed on the job, manager goes to jail
January 19, 2016On Christmas Eve 2009, when the scaffolding they were working on broke in half, four workers were not wearing safety lines and fell thirteen floors.
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Trumka on race and class: “When they divide us, they can beat us”
January 19, 2016AFL-CIO's annual Martin Luther King Conference, a 3-day event from Jan. 15-17 in D.C., was entitled "Change The Rules, Be The Power"
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How the Oscars began as a tool for union-avoidance
January 15, 2016Everyone's heard of the Academy Awards, but few know the anti-union origins of its sponsor.
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NLRB rejects McDonalds’ request to treat joint employer cases separately
January 14, 2016The NLRB's general counsel presents evidence in one big case about the joint responsibility of McDonald's and its local franchises to obey labor law.
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House GOP votes to curb asbestos victims’ class action suits
January 14, 2016The House's GOP majority rammed through legislation to curb class action suits and throw open asbestos' victims medical records/payments.
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