unions
Workers tell lawmakers of unionizations benefits as Employee Free Choice Act is introduced
March 11, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI) - Workers, economists and scholars told the Senate Labor Committee on March 10 that increasing unionization, by making forming unions easier, would help all workers -- union and non-union -- in a time of...
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Two Black workers who made history
February 6, 2009BALTIMORE — Helen Evans was turning the pages of an album of photos of her father, Joseph P. Henderson, when her eye fell on a picture of him as a Laborers union organizer in Washington, D.C.,...
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Liberian rubber workers win union
August 29, 2008In a historic victory for labor in Africa, Liberian rubber workers signed an agreement with Bridgestone/Firestone Company in mid-August securing improved working and living conditions.
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