Feed items

USA : Expand transit to keep state's economy competitive, coalition says

Source: Workday MN
USA : Labor Board Alleges Repeated Retaliation at Walmart's Top US Warehouse

Source: The Nation
USA : About 130 Nippon Paper union workers walk off job

Source: Peninsula Daily News
Canada : NHL players to vote on mandatory visors

Source: The Star
USA : MCC approves four labor deals ahead of right-to-work

Source: Maccomb Daily
USA : Tell Congress: 'Don't Dismantle the Postal Service!'

Source: NY AFL-CIO
USA : New York City police union worked with NYPD to set arrest and summons quotas

Source: The Nation
USA : USW eager to work with KPS to build specialty paper company

Source: USW
Abuse of Temporary Workers Shows Need for Legal Protections

While the White House, Congress and outside groups debate the details of what the exact shape of the country's immigration system will be, an article from ABC-Univision details three shocking examples that make clear any legislation addressing the topic must include protections for temporary workers brought to the United States.
New Report Card Grades Nation’s Infrastructure D+

While the nation’s infrastructure has seen slight improvement since the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its last report card in 2009—from D to D+—the group warns that, without a major commitment and investment, the roads, bridges, drinking water systems, mass transit systems, schools and systems for delivering energy that we depend on “may soon fail to meet society’s needs.”