Labor
UFCW launches boycott of Rite Aid stores in Southern California
September 7, 2018Many of us have stopped by a Rite Aid for some aspirin, band aids or maybe a soda and chips, but how many of us think about the workers behind the counter?
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Big League Labor Day: Timeline of major sports strikes and lockouts
August 31, 2018A round-up of all the major strikes, lockouts, and disputes in major league sports.
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‘Equal pay for equal work’: Temp workers struggle in China’s auto sector
August 31, 2018In China, temporary agency workers receive as little as half the pay and none of the benefits enjoyed by their ‘regular’ counterparts, but they are fighting back.
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Labor History on Labor Day: Trump tries to kill OT
August 31, 2018It says something about Trump that his Labor Department has spent the 80th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act trying to weaken it.
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Wall Street killed Toys ‘R’ Us, but its workers’ fight continues
August 24, 2018Private equity firms loaded the toy giant with debt and cashed out, leaving 30,000 employees high and dry with no severance.
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