Labor

Google and Facebook unfriend ALEC

September 24, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Funded by the Koch brothers, ALEC designs state legislation to further corporate agendas at the expense of working families, unions and their allies.

Walmart moms demand better pay and protections for women workers

September 24, 2014 By Special to People’s World

They have a list of changes the company must make to ensure that the women who are key to profits are not living in poverty or putting their health at risk.

GOP Senate leaders scheme to hamstring NLRB

September 24, 2014 By PAI

They are upset by a General Counsel's memo saying franchise holders and the chains that enfranchise them are both responsible for obeying wage and working condition laws.

U.S. to push worker rights trade case vs. Guatemala

September 24, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Saying the Guatemalan government did not live up to its own worker rights commitments, the Obama administration will push its trade case against the Central American nation.

Unions to Google: dump ALEC

September 23, 2014 By PAI

The public is asking Google to stop participating in ALEC's scheme that threatens our democracy.