Lower Ninth Ward residents and their advocates talk about why they persist in opposing City Hall’s plans to demolish and clear out thousands of storm-ravaged houses in their beleaguered neighborhood.

The federal government and even the AFL-CIO have shifted attention away from workplace safety concerns at the national level in recent years, and labor says fines are just a slap on the wrist.

Despite a handful of high-profile cases in recent years, a new report finds that criminal prosecution against companies has been declining steadily for four years. Corporations are more often...

Though the Sago mine was fined for hundreds of violations, even under safety rules relaxed by the Bush administration, regulators issued only small fines and allowed the facility to operate until tragedy struck.

An emerging form of unconventional labor organizing is taking root in immigrant communities, providing services, networks and hope where mainstream unions and state protections have fallen short.

As CAFTA member-nations struggle to comply with the free trade pact's requirements, opponents of the deal say the delays show how unpopular and undemocratic the mandated reforms are.

A consumer advocacy group has found that more than a decade ago, medical-malpractice insurers reported inflated costs to state regulators, used those numbers to charge higher rates to doctors and...

Lawmakers looking to encourage competition in television provider markets are insisting on bills that would undermine local governments’ ability to force cable companies to pay for essential public services.

After working months without a contract and putting themselves on the line in a three-day strike last week, members of the union representing transportation workers in New York City are set to vote...

An analysis by a progressive research organization predicts that soon to be enacted tax and budget cuts may further erode the standard of living for low- and middle-income people and leave the...

As Chicago's poorest face an increase to already-high public transit fees, the city is ignoring an offer of discounted diesel fuel to benefit low-income people.

Groups serving low income communities feel energy bill hikes as well.

Beneath the banter about a booming economy resides a growing class of families who suffer through cold months unable to afford the very basic necessities.

As national attention turns away from those left homeless by the Gulf Coast catastrohpes, people stranded in temporary housing are fighting for every morsel of federal assistance.

After three days of deliberations, a California jury yesterday found Wal-Mart guilty of illegally denying workers lunch breaks. The jury awarded $172 million to about 116,000 current and former...

Union officials voted yesterday to return New York City transportation workers to their jobs, ending a three-day strike. The workers went back on the job without a contract. Tuesday, about...

In many parts of California, moving merely across the street could cause drivers' car-insurance rates to go up. This is especially the case if the new address is in a zip code with an even slight...

Risking an array of threatened punitive measures, New York City transit employees made good on their own threat to halt trains and buses until the Transit Authority meets more of their demands.

A the US grows richer as a nation each year, the number of people needing food and shelter likewise continues to grow. Despite claims of an improved economy, the number of hungry and homeless...

More than three months after first warning the Navajo Nation of a potential budget shortfall, the Bureau of Indian Affairs last week said it does not have enough money to cover supplemental welfare...