Meat and Poultry Workers Risk Their Lives on the Job
U.S. meat and poultry companies often use illegal tactics to quash workers’ efforts to gain a union voice on the job to improve unsafe working conditions that lead to injury and death.
Airline overcapacity, profitability and society
I read in my daily paper about overcapacity in the airline industry. There are more airline seats than buyers. Mr. Supply outstrips Mr. Demand.
Protect Social Security
Bush and his corporate friends are deliberately undermining support for the system and pushing for privatized individual investment accounts. This is dangerous, so let's stop them.
Wal-Mart: Low-Low Prices, Crushing Impact
As the nation's largest private employer, Wal-Mart sets the standard for wages, benefits and prices wherever it goes, and it has gone nearly everywhere.
Wal-mart PR Campaign Glosses Over Reality
Wal-Mart rolled out a slick, nationwide public relations campaign aimed at defusing negative facts that have been reported about the company.
The Truth Behind American Apparel
American Apparel is a leading t-shirt and apparel manufacturer that has aggressively promoted itself as a socially responsible company. But are its products really sweatshop free?
Iraqi Labor Movement Fights for a Democratic Iraq
As Iraq heads for its January 30 national elections, a free, democratic Iraq is the main goal of its organized working class sector.
Economic Flatline Continues
A high unemployment trend that began in late 2001 continues to grip the economy.
AFL-CIO Condemns the Murder of Top Iraqi Trade Unionist
The AFL-CIO yesterday condemned the murder of Hadi Salih, the international secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), who was shot by assassins who broke into his Baghdad home.
Labor to Push Organizing
By increasing resources for organizing, expanding organizing strategies, and pushing for political and community support of labor disputes, the AFL-CIO plans for growth in 2005.
