By Juliana Schatz and John Donnelly WASHINGTON – If the nation’s capital were a nation in Africa, it would...
Jun 11, 2012
In Nicaragua, Sandinista membership a prerequisite for government work
By Tim Rogers MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Tens of thousands of Nicaraguan civil servants who claim they’ve been wrongfully...
Jun 07, 2012
Walker’s victory: Fair or not, for unions, hard times bring hard lines
By Michael Moran LONDON — After Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s victory in a recall vote Tuesday, most of...
Jun 06, 2012
Locked Out: Canadian workers pay heavy price in foreign acquisitions
By Bilbo Poynter LONDON, Ontario — Each day since the Employment Action Center opened in the basement of...
May 31, 2012
Slave labor on the rise in Russia
By Khristina Narizhnaya VOLGOGRAD, Russia — As night settled over the southern Russian city of Volgograd, three weary...
May 27, 2012
Technically legal, Brazil’s sex workers left out of unionization push
By Elizabeth Tuttle RIO DE JANEIRO — It's a Saturday night under Rio’s historic Lapa Arches and, despite...
May 20, 2012
The mysterious murder of a Bangladeshi labor activist
By Maher Sattar DHAKA, Bangladesh — The body turned up in the northern district of Ghatail, dumped by...
May 14, 2012
Analysis: After decades of outsourcing, manufacturing jobs coming home to US
By Michael Moran NEW YORK, New York — Beginning in the 1970s America’s high-paying manufacturing jobs in the...
May 06, 2012
Nicaragua’s Marxist government gets religion on free trade zones
By Tim Rogers MASAYA, Nicaragua — Martha Acuña’s day starts several hours before the roosters greet the sun...
May 04, 2012
Black South African youth shut out of secure jobs
By Alex Duval Smith CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Xolisile Dolo, 24, saw few job opportunities in Crossroads, part...
May 03, 2012