worker rights

Wide coalition mobilizes for April 4 “We Are One”

March 29, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Leaders in labor, faith, civil and immigrant rights groups held a March 29 teleconference to announce coordinated actions nationwide on April 4 to commemorate the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and stand in...

Rally at Supreme Court backs women Wal-Mart workers

March 29, 2011 By Susan Webb

Women's rights advocates gathered for a Stand with the Women of Wal-Mart rally outside the Supreme Court this morning, as the court heard arguments in what could be the largest class-action civil rights suit in U.S....

New Yorkers keep Triangle fire legacy alive

March 25, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta And Teresa Albano

NEW YORK (March 25) - Thousands of New Yorkers marked the 100th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in city history - the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire - with a ceremony at the site where 146...

Maine’s governor assaults the dignity of working people

March 25, 2011 By Sam Webb

Having been raised in Maine, son of a lineman and a mother and stepmother who were state workers, I am infuriated that the Republican governor there has ordered the removal of mural that depicts the role...

Upper Big Branch miner describes scene at blast

March 24, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

On that dismal day in West Virginia history, when the Upper Big Branch mine exploded, a son of one of the miners, Eddie, went from person to person asking: "Is there any word?"