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May 15, 2013
UIC, graduate employee union sign contractAgreement includes increases in salary, university contributions to health insurance
April 7, 2013
Injustice on the menu for food workers“The food we eat too often has been made possible by someone else’s misery,” says Eric Schlosser, author of “Fast Food Nation.”
March 25, 2013
Domestic Worker Bill of RightsA conversation with Ai-jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
March 19, 2013
Hull-House Museum honored for creativity“Unfinished Business” links current and past activism in domestic labor.
March 6, 2013
Slim wages for food workersRestaurant workers can’t afford to put food on their own tables, says Saru Jayaraman.
March 5, 2013
Universities keep civil service exemptionIllinois public universities retain the authority to exempt certain skilled jobs from civil service.
February 28, 2013
Food-industry labor activist speaks March 5Saru Jayaraman will talk about wage theft, work conditions and food safety.
February 26, 2013
Fighting for ‘life, liberty, pursuit of happiness’Donna Brazile speaks with the soft drawl of her native New Orleans, but she carries a big stick.
February 19, 2013
Expanding the study of labor history“Research is a poor man’s way to travel, both figuratively and literally,” says historian Leon Fink.
January 22, 2013
Domestic workers face low pay, hazardous conditionsNearly half of domestic workers earn wages too low to support a family, and nearly a quarter earn less than minimum wage, according to a new report.