Wages
Mill owner cheats on jobs, wages in biomass project
July 20, 2012Building trades workers were hoping for desperately needed union-wage jobs when Nippon Corporation announced plans to build a $71 million biomass cogeneration plant.
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Today in labor history: Steel Workers founded in Pittsburgh
July 17, 2012Within a year of its inception, over 125,000 people had joined the union.
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Going to church to fight wage theft
July 16, 2012Kordsmeier visited different congregations as part of an effort to build a coalition of "unions, churches, and community groups" to stand against wage theft.
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Workers bashed in Pennsylvania
July 16, 2012In one of the most extreme cases of worker bashing to balance a budget, the mayor unilaterally cut the wages of city workers to the $7.25 hourly federal minimum.
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Today in labor history: Luddites rebel against substandard work conditions
June 28, 2012Today in labor history, the Luddites (19th century textile workers) attacked the Heathcoat and Boden's Mill, responding to substandard workplace conditions.
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