The United Steelworkers will be out in force at 100 Home Depot locations nationwide on Sept. 29, asking the public not to purchase certain lumber products made by their 7,000 striking members in Canada.
The Newspaper Guild and NABET are urging members to attend a late October forum that will bring together media workers, employers, advertising professionals and academics to discuss the future of news industry jobs.
Almost 90 million Americans under age 65 lacked health care insurance for at least part of 2006 or 2007 – even though 70 percent of the insured were employed full time, according to a new study by the advocacy group Families USA.