Labor
Port drivers out on strike, demand companies follow law
May 4, 2015Drivers gathered before sunrise, carrying signs and wearing reflective safety vests as they began picketing company trucks.
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New AFL-CIO report shows weaknesses in safety, health enforcement
May 4, 2015Low fines and lack of jail terms for heads of firms that disobey or disregard safety provide little incentive for companies to obey the law.
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May Day 2015: an international affair
May 4, 2015On May 1, 2015 in Chicago, the community gathered around the memorial for the Haymarket Martyrs.
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LA, Long Beach port drivers forced to strike again
May 1, 2015The drivers demand that trucking firms recognize them as employees and bargain with them if they select the Teamsters.
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Today in labor history: “The Song of the Wage-Slave” for May Day
May 1, 2015"The land is the landlord's, the trader's is the sea, the ore the usurer's coffer fills - but what remains for me?"
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