worker rights
Walmart’s raise for workers “proof collective action works”
February 20, 2015Walmart announced today it was giving its lowest-wage workers a raise to at least $9 an hour by April and $10 an hour by 2016.
Read moreUpdate: El Super boycott
February 20, 2015El Super market workers, along with 100 community organizations, endorse the call to boycott El Super.
Read moreA first contract for Brooklyn Cablevision employees
February 19, 2015"Many of us never thought we'd see this night come. Many workers had given up hope. But we stuck together through thick and thin."
Read moreThe third try is the charm
February 18, 2015Philadelphia joins two other cities, San Francisco, Calif., and Tacoma, Wash., and several states, in enacting earned paid sick leave.
Read moreCanadian Supreme Court: Public workers have the right to strike
February 13, 2015As a result of Canadian laws and attitudes, union density there is at least double that in the U.S.
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