Wal-Mart outmaneuvered union and community forces in Chicago and won approval for a second store. Some unions claimed victory, saying a wage agreement was reached. The company denies it.
Hundreds of hotel and restaurant employees and supporters were arrested around the country Thursday in coordinated civil disobedience against the Hyatt Corporation.
The stock market may be climbing, but city and state budgets across the country are stuck in a downward spiral. From California to Maine, double-digit deficits have left civil servants with a giant bull’s-eye on their backs
Some of the 27,000 workers in the Gulf cleanup are falling sick, but fear retaliation for speaking out. The long-term effects of chemical exposure on workers and residents are yet unknown.
Low-wage retail jobs in New York City aren't easy, and discrimination, wage theft, and hazardous conditions make them even lousier. A settlement for 17 workers could be a springboard to a citywide living wage, though.
After nearly two years of warfare and legal wrangling, the hotel workers (UNITE HERE) and service workers (SEIU) announced on Monday an end to their bitter dispute. The deal promises to end hostilities that broke into the open when former UNITE HERE President Bruce Raynor organized a faction within the union to split from UNITE HERE and join SEIU.
Community and union groups in Richmond, California, notched two victories against oil giant Chevron, but not before the company worked hard to pit them against other. Years of on-the-ground organizing brought residents and some workers together for a healthier city with good jobs.
GM stamping plant workers in Indianapolis have told the company they won’t cut their wages in half, even when threatened with a shutdown. A prospective buyer of the 650-worker factory has indicated he wants United Auto Workers members to drop from $29 an hour to $14.65.
Steelworkers at Ontario’s Vale Inco nickel and copper mines took their lumps and accepted a concessionary contract one week ahead of the July 13 one-year anniversary of their strike.
