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Workers Memorial Day to highlight jobs that kill

April 23, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Eddie Mallon is 70 years old. As a Laborers Local 147 member in New York, he worked as a sandhog for 44 years. He doesn't now, because that job - eventually - will kill him.

Fair trade “fashionistas” mark Bangladesh disaster with action

April 23, 2014 By Teresa Albano

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the worst disaster in clothing industry history.

Fight for 15 movement hits Springfield, Missouri

April 23, 2014 By James Raines

This Friday afternoon in Springfield, Missouri, a small group of fast food workers gathered in the meeting room of a public library to discuss their fight for a living wage.

Players and Northwestern to battle at NLRB after Apr. 25 vote

April 21, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

College football players who want to unionize and their foe, Northwestern University, filed their written arguments with the NLRB on Apr. 16.

Study: 57 percent of poultry workers suffer ergonomic ills

April 21, 2014 By PAI

NIOSH found what UFCW called "a drastic level of injury" to workers even at the present speeds.