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Apple factory inspections turn up scores of labor violations
An addendum discloses for the first time the names of 156 Apple suppliers Apple's (AAPL) sixth annual "supplier responsibility" report is sure to be closely read by both critics and competitors. For...
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What's really going on at Apple's iPhone 5 factory in Zhengzhou, China
Crippling strike? Minor dispute? In the long run, it almost doesn't matter. FORTUNE -- Let's assume for the sake of argument that the truth of what happened last week at Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory...
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Samsung distances itself from supplier after new child labor uproar
Samsung Electronics Co. SSNLF said Monday it has suspended business with a Chinese supplier that was accused last week of using child labor. The world’s biggest maker of smartphones confirmed that it...
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Fox: Interns who benefit from internship don’t deserve pay
Who’s getting the most out of this relationship? It’s not just an awkward question between significant others anymore. Late last week, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Entertainment Group proposed that...
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Wage Watch: Los Angeles joins the push for $15 minimum wage
Los Angeles is the latest Seattle wannabe Seattle hasn’t been this big of a trendsetter since grunge. Ever since it passed a $15 an hour minimum wage in early June, other cities, like Chicago and San...
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Mexican billionaire wants to slim down the workweek
Thank God it’s … Wednesday? That’s what workers would be saying if Carlos Slim had anything to do with it. The Mexican billionaire thinks that a three-day workweek is preferable to the current five-day...
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Wage Watch: Apple workers take their employer to court
In lawsuit, Apple workers say they never got a break An employee lawsuit accusing Apple of denying workers breaks is moving forward as a San Diego County judge certified a class action wage-and-hour...
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McDonald’s loses big on labor ruling
The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday ruled that McDonald's MCD qualifies as a joint employer of workers at its franchise restaurant locations, a decision that--if...
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Wage watch: Judge ends Kellogg’s 9-month worker lockout
Judge: Kellogg’s worker lockout is not so grrreat For nine months, Kellogg Company had locked out hundreds of workers who make its Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops from its Memphis, Tenn. factory...
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U.S. jobless claims drop below 300,000 again
The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits fell below the 300,000 mark for the second time in three weeks last week, adding more evidence that the U.S. labor market is improving, with...
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Wage Watch: Franchise owners fight Seattle’s $15 minimum wage
Franchisees sue over Seattle’s $15 per hour law The $15 per hour minimum wage that Seattle passed in June that was heralded by labor advocates isn’t going into effect without a fight. This week, the...
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Want to raise the minimum wage? Take it to the ballot.
When voters head to the polls for the midterm elections this November, they’ll be deciding more than what political party controls Congress. The paychecks of tens of thousands of workers will also be...
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Fed Chair Yellen says the job market ‘has yet to fully recover’
There’s no simple recipe for success, especially when it comes to getting the economy back on track, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual...
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New York’s Citi Bike workers cleared for first ever union vote
A year after New York City launched North America’s largest bicycle sharing program, the workers who maintain the system's 6,000 bikes and 332 docking stations are pushing for union representation....
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What the Market Basket deal says about American workers
Imagine high-level executives, store managers, clerks, and warehouse workers standing outside their stores side by side for a month demanding their CEO be reinstated and the business model that made...
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Wage Watch: Court ruling could upen FedEx’s biz model
FedEx drivers are employees, court says In a ruling with the potential to upend the logistics industry, a three-judge panel on Wednesday decided that FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery drivers are...
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Fast-food worker strikes: After two years, is there anything to show?
The fast-food strikes that will hit 150 cities on Thursday, as workers demand $15 an hour and union representation, began two years ago, almost by accident. As Kendall Fells, organizing director of...
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Wage Watch: NFL cheerleaders notch victory in pay suit against Oakland Raiders
Raiderettes – $1.25M, Raiders – 0 Eight months after they sued the Oakland Raiders for failing to pay the minimum wage, two former cheerleaders are set to receive a chunk of a $1.25 million settlement...
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Wage Watch: American Airlines workers declare victory after 19-year union push
After two-decade fight, airline agents unionize In what's been touted as one of the biggest union victory in years, customer service agents from the newly merged American Airlines and US Airways voted...
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Wage watch: L.A. hotel workers near nation’s 2nd-highest minimum wage
L.A. hotel workers close in on $15.37 an hour The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved by a 12-3 vote an ordinance to increase the minimum wage for workers at some hotels to $15.37 per hour....
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