Tag: low wages
Workers at Troy Toyota launch campaign to join the UAW
On-the-job injuries, low wages are driving force
BY SHERI GASSAWAY
Assistant Editor
Troy, MO – Dawn Ellis, a worker at the Toyota plant here, has been injured twice...
Teamsters Local 688 members on strike at Graybar
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Assistant Editor
Hazelwood – Teamsters Local 688 members initiated a strike at Graybar last week after rejecting the company’s final, best offer after...
Fed-up workers are reclaiming their power
Wave of strikes sweeping across U.S.
Tens of thousands of workers fed-up with low wages, shoddy or imperiled benefits and unsafe work conditions are going...
Airport catering workers protest low wages, high health care costs
Airline catering workers from LSG Sky Chefs took action Feb. 14 at 15 different airports.
These are the same workers who led nationwide protests against...
Worker protection bill fights ‘underground economy’
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Illinois legislators have approved creating a unit in the attorney general’s office and a related task force to protect...