Wages
Wage gap widening, unionization declining worldwide
February 4, 2013Declining unionization and increasing globalization are two key factors that are widening wage gaps between the rich and everyone else.
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Today in labor history: Gravediggers’ strike ends
January 30, 2013Nearly 1,100 burials were delayed after negotiations between the two groups broke down and workers were locked out of the association's 26 cemeteries.
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Attention Walmart: good jobs in – guns out
January 23, 2013A wide cross section of the faith, labor, and social justice community protested Walmart's attempt to build a store near the Detroit border.
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Today in labor history: Farm workers on trial
December 18, 2012On this day in 1830, the trial of nearly 350 agricultural workers began in England.
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Wal-Mart workers prepare for Black Friday strike
November 19, 2012This Black Friday, Wal-Mart associates plan to hold a series of actions at 1,000 Wal-Mart locations nationwide.
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