Labor Notes

Labor notes for March

Asbestos manufacturers try to evade liability. Taking advantage of the new Republican rule over Congress, the remaining firms that manufactured items containing asbestos – the cancer-causing substance that sickened thousands of shipyard workers, factory workers, construction workers and others, and…

Labor Roundup

Union-owned Bank of Labor to open DC branch.    The Kansas City-based union-owned Bank of Labor will open a branch in the nation’s capital in the spring, making it one of the few worker-friendly financial institutions in D.C. When it…