worker rights

Machinists file for union recognition at Boeing plant

March 19, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

This is the latest chapter in a long-running saga which previously embroiled Boeing, its workers in the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. Senate, and the NLRB.

Labor, with unlikely allies, tackles exploitation of high-tech workers

March 19, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Labor is part of a campaign against the exploitation of foreign workers here on high-tech work visas.

“Next Up” young workers to map strategy in Chicago

March 18, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Over 1,000 young union members, students, and community activists will meet to map out strategies.

The steal of the century: ending wage theft in our time

March 11, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

It may not be the hottest topic on every to-do list, but the problem is as old as, well, the oldest profession. I'm talking about wage theft.

Progressive think tank backs Obama crackdown on federal contractors

March 10, 2015 By PAI

Facing hostility of big business and the GOP, a progressive think-tank went to bat to defend President Obama's cracking down on federal contractors who break labor laws.