Labor
Plant owner gets 20 years in slammer for workers’ deaths
December 3, 2013OSHA's investigation of the 2010 explosion at a gunpowder plant in Colebrook, N.H., resulted in the issuance of 16 willful and more than 30 serious safety violation citations, along with a $1.2 million penalty
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Buried in my grave, before I’ll be a Walmart slave!
December 3, 2013Walmart workers striking for higher wages here have added the element of song to their picketing, marching and chanting.
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Shoppers down but numbers up at Walmart protests
December 2, 2013STERLING HEIGHTS. Mich. - While analysts are lamenting that retail sales were down at shopping malls on Black Friday, the numbers were simultaneously "up" at Walmart protests taking place the same day.
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Fast food strikes to happen in 100 cities Thursday
December 2, 2013CHICAGO - Fast food workers in at least 100 cities are planning to walk off the job this Thursday in what organizers describe as the largest strike action yet in their drive for higher pay.
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Today in labor history: Abolitionist John Brown was hanged
December 2, 2013On Dec. 2, 1859, abolitionist John Brown was hanged in Charleston, Va., for his leadership of a plot to incite slave rebellion.
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