by Toneshia Harris | Sep 19, 2008 | World News
The Shanghai branch of the US retail giant Wal-Mart has signed a breakthrough trade union contract, the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions said yesterday. The group contract was the first among all Wal-Mart outlets on the Chinese mainland and covers 1,000 workers in... by Toneshia Harris | Sep 19, 2008 | National News
A new 4-year labor agreement between the United Steelworkers (USW) and U.S. Steel covering some 16,000 union members at 14 locations has been ratified by the membership in a mail-in secret ballot vote of 10,571 to 2,670, concluded here today at the unions... by Toneshia Harris | Sep 19, 2008 | World News
Fijis Employers Federation is calling for the state to help employers pay for expectant mothers in the workplace. The Federation revealed that employers are not keen on hiring young women of child bearing age due to new labour laws on maternity leave. Federation... by Toneshia Harris | Sep 12, 2008 | Local News
The living wage is a concept central to the Catholic Social Teaching tradition beginning with the foundational document, Rerum Novarum, a papal encyclical by Pope Leo XIII, issued in 1891, to combat the excesses of both laissez-faire capitalism on the one hand and... by Toneshia Harris | Sep 12, 2008 | National News
Boeing Co. production workers on strike since Saturday can tap $150 per week three weeks into walkout. The Machinists union has a $140 million strike fund and can sustain support for striking Boeing Co. production workers for five or six months, President Tom...