labor law
Trump Labor Dept. lets union-busters loose again
July 25, 2018Union-busting has grown into an industry spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
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California farm workers finally win 25-year-old Gerawan Farms case
December 8, 2017California’s gigantic peach and grape grower, Gerawan Farms, reached the end of its legal road last week at the state Supreme Court, when justices unanimously threw out its claim that the company was not bound by...
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Republicans put union-busting lawyer in charge of enforcing labor law
November 10, 2017As a young federal lawyer, Peter Robb drafted the memo showing GOP President Ronald Reagan how to fire the nation’s Air Traffic Controllers, effectively smashing the PATCO union.
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Judge gives unionbusters right to operate in secret
November 23, 2016Selection of rural Texas as the area to challenge an Obama administration regulation is no accident. The judges there are deeply conservative and cater to the business right wing and its allies. Judges in the area...
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GOP judge blocks Obama’s safe workplace order
November 2, 2016Whether or not courts uphold Obama’s Executive Orders, their implementation is uncertain.
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