Labor News And Notes Round-up

By Kenneth Quinnell — October 22, 2011

The latest stories from the front lines of the labor fight across the country...

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A Time Warner employee died after a manager told a co-worker to stop performing CPR and take care of customers.

A new report shows that wage theft is widespread in the low-wage economy. Not surprisingly, new reports of wage theft are coming from Walmart.

Occupy Wall Street and labor are moving towards working together more closely.

It appears that the union boycott of Huffington Post is over.

Workers in Alabama are engaging in wildcat strikes in response to harsh treatment of immigrants.

A new report shows that fixing crumbling infrastructure would be an easy fix to the on-going jobs crisis in the U.S.

Traditional pensions have proven to be more cost-effective in New York City than 401(k) plans.

The Department of Labor has launched a new web ap to connect the unemployed with jobs.

Watch the panel between AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis on the Future of Work and New Ways to Build Power.

Courts in Massachusetts have effectively ruled foreclosure sales in the state unconstitutional.

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