worker rights
San Franciscans to vote on $15 city minimum wage
June 13, 2014San Franciscans will vote this November on whether to gradually increase the city-wide minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Read moreWalmart’s treatment of workers hurting its bottom line
June 13, 2014Last week, Walmart reported falling sales for five consecutive quarters and the company reported losing up to $3 billion a year because of stocking problems.
Read moreReport: Privatizing public service jobs a disaster
June 12, 2014The workers are still part-timers, and their compensation is still far from the level that New Haven school custodians enjoyed before the privatization hit.
Read morePolice snatch body of Korean Samsung worker
June 6, 2014A leader of a new union at Samsung in South Korea named Yeom Ho-seok took his own life to protest the vicious anti-union policies of the company.
Read moreChina and Russia have workers councils but not Chattanooga
June 5, 2014Workers in the United States know organizing here in the belly of the corporate beast is no easy task.
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