Slideshow: Slim pickings in Jordan’s trash
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Tagged: Labor
Fast food workers stage national sit-ins and walk-outs
Fast food workers across the U.S. went on strike Thursday, staging sit-ins and walk-outs to bring attention to a years-long campaign to raise industry wages to $15 an hour and allow workers to join...
Indian workers push back against proposed labor reforms
Trade Unions in India are engaged in a nationwide campaign to fight the government’s move to amend India’s labor laws. The new administration of Narendra Modi claims the labor reforms will make doing...
Grief turns to anger in Turkey; more than 100 miners still missing after blast
In Turkey, public grief after nearly 300 people died in a coal mine explosion Tuesday is turning to anger against the government. Turkey’s four largest unions held a general strike Thursday as police clashed...
U.S. Postal Service workers protest outsourcing to big-box Staples
Unionized postal workers and supporters recently took to the streets in 56 cities across 27 states to protest an agreement allowing Staples office supply employees to handle the mail. The Postal Service says the...
New Haven officials vow to take on wage theft by employers
Grassroots labor activists and workers who were victims of wage theft joined top police and government leaders from New Haven, Connecticut at a news conference on Wednesday to announce their shared commitment to stop...
