Loaded down with one billion dollars in debt, while in the midst of contract negotiations with the BCTGM Union, Hostess (Makers of Twinkies, Wonder Bread and Ding Dongs) abruptly closed it’s doors and filed bankruptcy causing hundreds of employees to…
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Dhaka, Bangladesh Factory Fire — Labor’s Top Stories of 2012
In a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were items from Walmart were manufactured, 117 workers were killed when a flash fire ignited inside the factory working where conditions were so poor that workers could not get out of the building because…
Chicago Teachers Strike — Labor’s Top Stories of 2012
September/October 2012 – In a bitter labor dispute between The Chicago Teachers union and Chicago Mayor Rham Emanuel, Chicago Teachers went on strike protesting new proposed contract terms that included increasing the length of the school day, Teacher evaluations being…
Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts – Labor’s Top Stories of 2012
In one of the worst natural disasters to hit the northeastern United Stated in recent history, that left hundreds of thousands of people affected, It has been union workers who have come to the aid in areas related to the…
Fast Food Workers Walk Off Jobs — Labor’s Top Stories of 2012
In late November, fast food workers from McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, Taco Bell and KFC bravely protested around New York City to demand of a living wage of $15 an hour in pay – a step up from the minimum…
