workers – Page 603 – People's World

Appalling conditions exposed at farmworker camps

April 16, 2012 By David Bacon

It's hard to make ends meet for many trailer residents.

AFL-CIO tackles rights violations in Honduras

April 9, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Honduras is violating the Central American Free Trade Agreement by not enforcing its own labor laws.

‘Arab Spring’ unions get top rights award

March 26, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Two union federations that have been leaders in the "Arab Spring," in Tunisia and Bahrain, received the AFL-CIO's top human rights award.

Payday lending makes banks big profits

March 13, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

In their constant quest for ever-larger profits, at least five of the nation's leading banks have entered the sleazy, unscrupulous, and usurious field of payday lending.

Workers who staged second plant takeover face new challenge

February 29, 2012 By John Wojcik

A group of determined Chicago workers who captured the attention of a nation three years ago when they took over their plant.