workers rights

After court ruling, clean truck supporters vow continuing fight

October 4, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Cutting out a key component, if upheld, will have devastating consequences for working families and port communities plagued by dirty air and dead-end jobs.

Civil rights, labor groups to hold jobs march Oct. 15

September 30, 2011 By Joe Sims

Energized by President Obama's bold call for passage of the American Jobs Act, civil rights and labor groups are calling for a national march in Washington to support it.

NLRB has airtight case against Boeing

September 28, 2011 By John Wojcik

Republicans are clearly using the National Labor Relations Board complaint against Boeing to launch a bigger, right-wing assault on individual worker rights and collective bargaining.

OSHA warns hair salons on worker exposure to formaldehyde

September 27, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The federal agency is warning the nation's hair salons - again - about the exposure of their low-paid female workers to formaldehyde present in hair smoothing and straightening products.

Paid sick days the law now in Seattle

September 26, 2011 By John Wojcik

Seattle's mayor signed the historic bill Friday. Every worker in the city, depending upon his or her conditions of employment, is now guaranteed five to nine sick days per year.