labor
Mike Elk has a really great piece on the 1-day federal contract workers strike. It's simple. First, our government should not be allowed to contract with employers who have a.
Stephen Greenhouse on how American retailers like Wal-Mart and Gap are opposing proposed regulatory plans for factory conditions that produce clothing precisely because they might be legally binding and thus.
Today, a one day strike is taking place among non-union, low-paid government workers, some of the nearly 2 million government workers making less than $12 an hour, which I think.
Cool article on the 1913 barbers' strike in New York, which led to the reduction of barbers' workweeks from 92(!!!) hours to a mere 62 with Sunday off. I may.
This is a story that won't get lasting attention because of the small number of dead workers, but following the death of 1127 garment workers in Bangladesh, we have another.
Tom Philpott reports on a new job safety hazard developing in agriculture. The enormous manure piles on today's gargantuan hog farms are gurgling up explosive foam. This never really happened.
When we think of terrible labor standards in the 21st century economy, we may very well think of Wal-Mart and for good reason. But the real villain in the international.
I am highly skeptical of the real motives here, but I am glad Wal-Mart is publicly calling for improved worker safety in Bangladesh. That said, it's pretty clear that a).