World & Nation
The coffee exporters of Xalapa.
Dec. 8, 1991
Business
Times are tough for the oil industry in Louisiana, so executives of the International-Matex bulk-oil storage facility in St.
March 10, 1985
Millions of workers worldwide are marking International Workers’ Day trapped between hunger and fear because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 1, 2020
Travel & Experiences
Threatening to inconvenience air travelers throughout the Labor Day weekend, several hundred airline service workers - including baggage handlers, security personnel and janitors - walked off the job today Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport after months of inconclusive contract talks with their employers.
Aug. 28, 2008
Usually when a strike drags on for two or three weeks, employers begin to feel they have the upper hand.
May 26, 1990
More unions in non-communist nations, including the United States, are adopting the old battle cry that Karl Marx promulgated in his 1848 Communist Manifesto: “Workers of the world, unite!”
Aug. 7, 1990
Science & Medicine
Carefully timed doses of bright light and total darkness can help night shift workers quickly reset their internal clocks so they stay alert on the job and sleep soundly during the day, scientists reported last week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
May 7, 1990
Try as they might to adjust to a schedule that has them toiling while others sleep, swing-shift workers do not fool their bodies into burning calories and using nutrients the way people who obey their internal circadian clocks do, says a new study.
Nov. 17, 2014
California
When waiter Juan Perez and his co-workers began circulating petitions a few years ago to get their union local to address some of their grievances and appoint a shop steward, several petitioners lost their jobs.
Aug. 20, 1985
In the first major walkout by Los Angeles city government workers in decades, thousands walked off the job Tuesday.
Aug. 8, 2023