Labor

Workers continue their strike at Cambria “Holdout” Hotel

December 7, 2018 By Michelle Zacarias

Cambria Hotel employees continue to rally outside the 166 East Superior Street location here, marking almost four months since the first strikers in Chicago hit the picket lines.

New bill in Congress would restore workers’ rights

December 6, 2018 By Heidi Shierholz

At a time of eroding protections for working people, the EPI Policy Center is fighting for the right to a safe workplace free of harassment or discrimination.

EPI issues “how to” plan for reversing inequality

December 5, 2018 By Economic Policy Institute

In a comprehensive new policy agenda, EPI details solutions to address rising inequality and ensure that everybody in America gets a fair cut of the benefits of economic growth.

AT&T workers protest tech job outsourcing

December 4, 2018 By Rick Nagin

Jobs are being outsourced to contractors in the Philippines and India who pay workers $2-3 an hour, a tenth of union wages in the U.S.

Senators to Verizon subcontractor: End pregnancy discrimination

December 3, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Nine U.S. senators demanded that Verizon and the subcontractor that runs its Memphis warehouse, XPO Logistics, answer published details about unusually high levels of pregnancy discrimination there – and take definitive detailed steps to stop it.