Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/56/)
Tuesday was Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how far into the calendar year a woman must work to earn as much as a man earned last year. Even though women make up a growing portion of the workforce, they continue to make dramatically less than men.
Union leaders were pleased with the decision by Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott to basically throw in the towel on the monster anti-worker retailer\’s efforts to implant itself in New York City.
Music, a silent auction, hourly drawings and free food will be part of the fun Saturday, April 28, at this year\’s fourth annual fundraiser for the Minnesota State Retirees Council, AFL-CIO.
People have moved, in the last six months, from anxiety over obstacles to achieving the American Dream to anger over those roadblocks — many of them corporate — a new poll says.
If you worked in 2006 — full time or part time — you may qualify for the Earned Income Credit or Child Tax Credit.
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) spent their time stressing their experience–and their pro-worker credentials–as parades of presidential hopefuls addressed two union legislative conferences in Washington.
The Iraq War and the right to organize dominated half-hour talks to the Fire Fighters Wednesday by 11 presidential hopefuls from both major political parties.
The new Minnesota Job Vacancy Survey shows that the median wage for all job openings in Minnesota remains stuck at $10 per hour, the JOBS NOW Coalition reported.
The AFL-CIO Executive Council urged the federation’s unions to hold off on individual endorsements of presidential hopefuls.
St. Paul residents are invited to attend political party caucuses Tuesday night to select candidates for City Council.