Hawaiian seafood caught by foreign crews confined on boats
By MARTHA MENDOZA and MARGIE MASON Pier 17 doesn’t even show up on most Honolulu maps. Cars whiz past it on their way to Waikiki’s famous white sand beaches. Yet…
Workers’ rights
Marking Labor Day, Obama extends contractors paid sick leave
By JOSH LEDERMAN Showing solidarity with workers on Labor Day, President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Monday requiring paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors, including 300,000…
Police arrive at Wisconsin Capitol for right-to-work debate
By SCOTT BAUER Two busloads of police officers are on hand at the Wisconsin state Capitol in advance of a rally and public hearing on a right-to-work bill. Republicans have…
BOEING CONTRACT CUTS INTO LOCAL LABOR INFLUENCE
By PHUONG LE Jim Bearden, administrative assistant for District 751 of the Boeing machinists union, tells reporters that workers voted to accept Boeing’s latest contract offer to keep the assembly…
BLACK FRIDAY LIVE: PHONES, TABLETS POPULAR
By The Associated PressBest Buy bargain hunters swarm manager Ramon Estevez, right, as he hands out scarves and hats that will identify those eligible for specially priced door-buster sale items…
ISRAELI LABOR BILL FOR SETTLERS SPARKS UPROAR
By TIA GOLDENBERG and ARON HELLER FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo Jewish settlers are seen in the unauthorized West Bank Jewish settlement of Migron. At…
BANGLADESH BUILDING COLLAPSE VICTIMS BURIED
By CHRIS BLAKE and FARID HOSSAIN Army personnel watch as workers toil in the collapsed garment factory building, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emergency workers hauling…
COLLAPSED BUILDING OWNER MAY FACE 7 YEARS IN JAIL
By FARID HOSSAIN and CHRIS BLAKE A Bangladeshi rescuer looks out from a hole cut in the concrete as he looks for survivors at the site of a building that…