Worker

Blocking Labor Department Wage Rule Condemns Young Americans to Unemployment

Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Labor Force, Visa, H-2b, Wages, Maryland, Worker, Seafood, Unemployment Numbers, Minimum Wage, Seafood Industry, Maryland Blue Crab, Guest Workers, Youth Unemployment, Business News
Ross Eisenbrey

It is time for Congress to permit a true test of the labor market, a real opportunity for more U.S. workers to hear about and consider taking seafood-processing jobs like crab picking.

Read Post

The Superbowl Is Over -- Now The Real Combat Begins

David Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Worker, Nfl, Superbowl, Union, Football, Pat Bowlen, John Mackey, Gabriel Feldman, Court of Appeals, Teamsters, . Nflpa, NFL Players Association, Pete Rozelle, Baltimore Colts, College Sports Network, Afl, Sports News
David Morris

For thousands of workers and millions of fans, the NFL game that really counts isn't Packers v. Steelers. It's Workers v. Bosses.

Read Post

GOP Calls Unemployed Workers "Lazy"

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pap Attack, Unemployment, Lazy, Jobs, Mike Papantonio, Benefits, Tom Delay, Fox News, Worker, Ring of Fire, Dean Heller, Steve King, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

2010-04-20-salary.jpg

Read Post

Worker Status Checks To Start

Wall Street Journal | CAM SIMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Contractors, Jobs, Worker, Worker Status, Worker Status Checks, Business News

Agencies across the federal government on Tuesday will start ordering contractors to use an electronic system to verify whether their employees are el...

Read Whole Story

Babu's Story: A Child Worker In The Shipyards Of Bangladesh

Sandy Tolan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vienam, Dumping, India, International Labour Organization, Turkey, Bangladeshis, International Federation for Human Rights, Hong Kong, Pre-Cleaning, Greenpeace, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, Marketplace, Chittagong, Enforcement, Blowtorch, Rizwana Hasan, Worker, Tolan, Ship Breakers, Toxic, Sandy Tolan, Child Labor, Pakistan, Ship Breaking, Safety, Imo, Accidents, Ki-Min Sung, Mainul Islam Khan, Bangladesh Shipbreakers Association, Bela, Pulitzer, Rizwana, Ilo, Shipbreaking, Bangladesh, Health, Shipbreakers, Blow Torch, Babu, World News
Sandy Tolan

For many of the children here, the idea that they shouldn't work is an entirely foreign concept. Despite laws in Bangladesh restricting child labor, the reality is starkly different.

Read Post

Getting to Work

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dignity, Work, Chicago, Studs Terkel, 2008 Election, Hyde Park, Communications, Barack Obama, Working, Worker, Ideals, Obama Victory, Obama Wins, Lets Get to Work, President Obama, Obama Work, Obama Administration, Recession, 2008 Presidential Election, Presidential Results, Obama Speech, Obama Presidency, Financial Crisis, Work Ethic, Business News
Mike Bonifer

Throughout the campaign, this idea of getting down to work told us what kind of person we'd be getting as President.

Read Post