Labor
Blankenship verdict: guilty on misdemeanor, innocent on felony charges
December 4, 2015The conspiracy charge is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum of one-year in jail and possible fines amounting to twice the financial gain resulting from the safety conspiracy.
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COP 21: Unions sow the seeds of labor to yield green jobs
December 3, 2015Labor leaders presented real plans and logical solutions for creating clean jobs that sustain the labor movement and reduce or eliminate harm to the environment.
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Workers and their union, SEIU, fight for housing at “pop-up” Thanksgiving
December 2, 2015It was to shine a light on how working families are affected negatively by the high cost of living in the city and the lack of livable wages.
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Walmart hired Lockheed-Martin, asked FBI to spy on activist workers
December 2, 2015The spying was contained in documents filed with the NLRB in a case that OURWalmart -- an employee group to improve pay and working conditions -- filed with the agency.
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Dallas marchers stress climate and wage justice
December 1, 2015On Black Friday, we marched from the City Place Target to the Uptown Walmart to add our voices and actions to the nationwide "Fight for $15!"
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