Coca-Cola To Stop Funding Fake Health Studies, No Word On Union Killings

CEO Muhtar Kent admitted that Coca-Cola funded scientific studies that attempted to shift blame for the growing obesity crisis off diet and onto exercise.

Dan Wright
By Dan Wright
File: A paper cup branded with the Coca-Cola logo sits on a ledge. (Flickr / Leo Hidalgo)

This article was published in partnership with Shadowproof. On August 19th, The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent wherein Kent admitted that Coca-Cola funded scientific studies that attempted to shift blame for the growing obesity crisis off diet and onto exercise. Kent said the scheme to fund questionable

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Domestic Workers in Lebanon Establish Unprecedented Labor Union

Despite serious threats to their safety, over 200 domestic laborers in Lebanon gathered to form the first migrant workers’ trade union in the Arab world.

Al Akhbar
By Al Akhbar

A historic event in the struggle of male and female workers in Lebanon happened on January 25. The founding conference aimed at establishing a “new” type of union, the domestic workers union, was held. In the past few days, the Ministry of Labor tried to prevent the holding of the conference. It threatened to use the Internal Security Forces to

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Wave of Black Friday Strikes Kicks Off As Walmart CEO Steps Down

Making Change at Walmart: “The movement of low-wage workers has taken off in 2013.”

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley

Ahead of what is being called the largest day of action yet against Walmart on the upcoming Black Friday shopping extravaganza, a wave of strikes against the retail giant have already begun. Workers in Miami, Florida and Brooklyn Center, Minnesota walked off the job Monday following actions in Tampa on Saturday and strikes in Sacramento, Dallas,

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Movement Against Standardized Tests Resurges In Chicago

Chicago Teachers Union launches Let Us Teach campaign to protest tests that ‘undermine education.’

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos

The national wave of resistance to standardized testing continues this week, with teachers in Chicago launching a campaign to push back against the tests they see as a "major drain on classroom time, undermine education, and stand in stark contrast to the proven student assessment tools" developed by classroom teachers. At a press conference on

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Workers Score Key Win On Push To Organize At Palermo’s Pizza

A year after 116 workers were fired from Palermo’s Pizza for trying to form a union, eight were officially re-hired this week.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

A year after 116 workers were fired from Palermo’s Pizza for trying to form a union, eight were officially re-hired this week and given thousands of dollars in back pay after the National Labor Relations Board found that the dismissals were illegal. It’s a small victory in an ongoing dispute that carries added significance for hundreds of low-wage

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Hawaii Hotel Workers Win Small Step Toward Compensation For Wage Theft

Thousands of Hawaii hotel employees could recover millions in lost tips following a ruling released by the state Supreme Court.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

Thousands of current and former Hawaii hotel employees could be in line to recover millions in lost tips following a ruling released Monday by the state Supreme Court. The class-action suit has yet to be litigated, but Labor Radio reported this week that it could be worth as much as $10 million. The case is not unique as workers across the

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