A worker unveils advertisement for future productions at the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center in New York City. The Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb has threatened a lockout if there is no an agreement with unions to that represent musicians, stagehands and other employees. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Picketers supporting independent truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach stand outside a container terminal. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Electronics giant Samsung is facing allegations that a supplier in China used child labor to meet the company's production targets. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption
Some of this season's Comice pear harvest is rotting in Pacific Northwest orchards because there aren't enough workers to pick it. Deena Prichep/for NPR hide caption
A man holds up a Samsung S4 smartphone against a video screen. Samsung is accused of labor violations in Brazil, home to its largest manufacturing operation. Dado Ruvic/Reuters /Landov hide caption
A Denver man runs in the snow near Washington Park after a winter storm moved through town in late January. Ed Andrieski/AP hide caption
A worker shovels cocoa beans drying in the sun for export, in Guiglo in western Ivory Coast. Ben Curtis/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
A protester outside a Trader Joe's in Washington, D.C. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, which organized the protest, says Trader Joe's has refused to meet standards set by leaders of the fast-food and foodservice industries for a more humane tomato supply chain. Claudia Saenz/Student/Farmworker Alliance hide caption
Construction equipment sits idle in front of the half-completed new control tower at Oakland International Airport. Thousands of construction workers on aviation projects have stopped work, as a standoff over funding of the FAA continues. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
