Mattie Starrdust and Sue Davis

On the picket line

Retail workers win wage increases As campaigns to raise the minimum wage to $15 continue to grow, some retail giants…

April 12, 2015

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Protesters demand $15 minimum wage in Philly Philadelphia, named the poorest big city in the U.S. by a recent census…

March 21, 2015

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Support ‘Seating Workers United’ in Selma, Ala. During the 50th anniversary of the heroic Selma-to-Montgomery, Ala., march on March 8,…

March 16, 2015

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Refinery explosion confirms need for greater safety An explosion and fire on Feb. 18 at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance,…

March 6, 2015

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Record snowfall burdens low-wage workers As many feet of snow continue to bury the Northeast, hourly workers are among those…

February 19, 2015

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U.S. oil workers strike Shell The United Steelworkers called a strike on Feb. 1 at nine plants run by Royal…

February 6, 2015

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VW workers not fooled by bosses’ pseudo-union plan After narrowly losing a union election in the Chattanooga, Tenn., Volkswagen assembly…

January 24, 2015

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States’ minimum wage increases benefit millions of workers Millions of low-wage workers in the U.S. will see an hourly pay…

January 8, 2015

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New labor regs speed up unionization process The National Labor Relations Board issued a new set of rules on Dec.…

December 28, 2014