worker rights – Page 130

Unionized ironworkers aid non-union jobless

August 7, 2014 By Marty Mulcahy

The Ironworkers are trying to find jobs for 280 non-union colleagues left high and dry without pay when a large non-union Michigan contractor suddenly shut its doors.

For Steelworkers, one lockout ends, another begins

August 7, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

"It appears Honeywell is more interested in intimidating our members with a show of force than in bargaining for a settlement."

Judge orders Kellogg’s to take locked out workers back

August 4, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

A federal judge in Memphis, Tenn., has ordered Kellogg's to take back the 226 union workers it locked out from its cereal plant there over nine months ago.

Fast food workers plan civil disobedience as employers “freak out” over NLRB ruling

July 31, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

The "$15 and a union" campaign won an NLRB decision that could dramatically change the organizing landscape in favor of fast food workers.

Protesters tell Apple: Ensure fair treatment for security guards

July 28, 2014 By Henry Millstein

Union and community activists called on the iconic computer and smartphone manufacturer to push for fair treatment of security workers.