Labor
Workers of San Quintin Valley: No longer willing to be invisible
January 22, 2016Thousands of workers - who pick strawberries and tomatoes for the US market - went on a two-week strike in protest over their poverty wages.
Read moreLabor experts ask NLRB: give unions equal voice, time at “captive audience” meetings
January 21, 2016The current captive audience meetings let employers summon workers into closed meetings to hear anti-union rhetoric and worse.
Read moreSteelworkers, ExxonMobil, CalOSHA start talks on Torrance refinery explosion
January 21, 2016"Things are going fine" in the talks with ExxonMobil, "but it's a slow process."
Read more“Ramp up our pay,” demand Seattle baggage handlers
January 20, 2016It's about fairness as much as the money, a baggage handler says; "I have to follow the law, why shouldn't they?"
Read moreTeacher sickouts close almost all Detroit schools
January 20, 2016Nearly all Detroit Public Schools (DPS) are closed Wednesday, as teacher sickouts which began last week continue.
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