Labor

June 26, 2006 - The Senate may have shot down an effort to boost the minimum wage last week, but the movement is still alive in the states. In North Carolina, a bill to increase the state minimum wage by one dollar, House Bill 2174, passed the state House, but the state Senate Commerce Committee has not taken it up yet.

June 23, 2006 - David Sirota highlights some good news for workers and labor in the South:

June 16, 2006 - North Carolina has one of the lowest rates of workers in unions in the country. Every year, the Old North state battles with its Carolina cousin to the South for the state with the lowest union density. In 2005, 3.9% of NC's workers were in a union.

June 9, 2006 - The National Farmers Union sends out this alert:

June 1, 2006 - Just days after killing a minimum wage increase for Tennessee workers, the Tennessee General Assembly voted to give themselves a 9.5% raise, nearly three times the raise voted for state employees.

May 23, 2006 - A textile mill company is shutting down operations in South Carolina and Alabama, and the job losses will be significant:

May 22, 2006 - Following the deaths of five more miners in Kentucky on Saturday, Jordan Barab at Confined Space issues this call to Washington: