Economy
December 18, 2008 -
The disturbing stories became shockingly commonplace in the wake of Hurricane Katrina: Some of our society's poorest people performing cleanup work in dangerous conditions, without adequate protective equipment.
December 17, 2008 -
The U.S. Senate showdown over the Employee Free Choice Act just got a little tougher: Arkansas Dem. Blanche Lincoln has gone on record saying that the EFCA "isn't necessary, bringing the number of "yay" Senators down to 57, three short of the 60 needed to prevent a filibuster.
December 15, 2008 -
You could call it "Auto bailouts for me, but not for thee."
December 12, 2008 -
In what unions are hailing as a crucial victory in the South, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union prevailed in their 16-year campaign to organize the world's largest pork slaughterhouse.
December 11, 2008 -
Mexican guestworkers who were subjected to involuntary servitude in the strawberry fields of Louisiana from 2006 to 2008 brought a major civil litigation against their former employer Thursday.