Progressive Salon.com Refuses To Recognize Union One Month After Workers Vote To Organize
One month after its employees voted to unionize, the Salon Media Group, a digital media pioneer and a stalwart of the progressive press, has still refused to recognize the move. … Continue reading
Mexican farmworkers strike over low wages, blocking harvest
The strike, which began Tuesday, has shut down schools and stores across the region and focused attention on alleged labor abuses at agribusinesses that export millions of tons of produce … Continue reading
Tattooed Ottawa Convention Centre workers locked out
Three unionized employees at the Ottawa Convention Centre, or OCC, say they were locked out of the building on Thursday without pay after showing up to work with the tattoos … Continue reading
Labor board: Northwestern University football players can unionize
The National Labor Relations Board in Chicago has ruled that football players at Northwestern University are employees and can unionize, the board said Wednesday. In a statement, Northwestern acknowledged the … Continue reading
Striking South African miners meet platinum firms
South Africa’s main platinum miners union will resume government-brokered talks next week with the world’s top three producers, in an effort to end a strike that showed flickers of violence … Continue reading
Boulder County law enforcement agencies strive to meet multilingual needs
While law enforcement agencies across Boulder County employ multilingual officers, dispatchers and other staff members, officials note it is difficult to guarantee that those staff members — even those who … Continue reading
Tearing out asbestos with bare hands: Meet the boss from hell
The four immigrants who joined Menendez were fired last year by Benjamin H. Realty, a New Jersey apartment company, during a union organizing drive by the Laborers International Union of … Continue reading
Walmart Activism Is Effecting Change At World’s Largest Retailer, Organizers Say
This week, OUR Walmart, the union-backed association that Sparks joined, has been holding demonstrations in Bentonville, Ark. — Walmart’s headquarters — leading up to the annual shareholders’ meeting on Friday. … Continue reading
Dying for the Shirt on your Back
The deaths of more than 600 garment workers in Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza factory collapse April 24 is a tragedy that highlights widespread problems in the global apparel industry… The Rana disaster has been … Continue reading
