labor law – Page 11 – People's World

Construction workers killed on the job, manager goes to jail

January 19, 2016 By C.J. Atkins

On Christmas Eve 2009, when the scaffolding they were working on broke in half, four workers were not wearing safety lines and fell thirteen floors.

NLRB casting jaundiced eye against forced arbitrations

January 6, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

If you signed an employment contract in the past 15 years, you likely also signed away your rights to sue your employer if you get fired for bad reasons.

Walmart hired Lockheed-Martin, asked FBI to spy on activist workers

December 2, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

The 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.

Ruling on labor practices shows importance of appeals courts to workers

September 4, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

While the U.S. Supreme Court's worker rulings apply nationwide, they rejects most cases brought to them; that leaves worker rights in the hands of the appeals court judges.

Sen. Wyden positioned to secure rights for Guatemalan workers

September 2, 2015 By Celeste Drake

"This visit to Guatemala reinforced how important it is to include strong labor protections in our trade deals and to make sure the U.S. follows through with enforcement of those rules."