Little progress was reported Saturday in negotiations between shipping companies and striking clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The negotiating teams representing employers ...

When Rock Island railroadmen complained about their corncob-filled caboose mattresses half a century ago, they unknowingly baptized a working practice that is as old as man’s labor and as fresh as ...

During organized labor’s heyday, a mark of a great union was itsability to get businesses to pay people not to work.”Featherbedding,” it was called, and the good ones could often gettwo or three ...

One of U.S. management’s big complaints is against union featherbedding practices. Last week the American Institute of Management warned that unions are not alone in insisting on unnecessary jobs; ...