worker rights – Page 132

Port truck drivers walk off the job in LA and Long Beach

July 8, 2014 By Rossana Cambron

Port truck drivers say they were left with no choice but to walk off their jobs; the companies that employ them continually rob them of their wages and retaliate against them when they try to unionize.

Trumka: SCOTUS rulings hurt all workers, union and non-union

July 2, 2014 By PAI

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who has a law degree, issued a statement on Harris vs. Quinn, the fee-payers/free riders case.

Union leaders hit Supreme Court rulings

July 2, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Union leaders had sharp words for the pro-business tilt of two U.S. Supreme Court rulings issued on the final day of the court's year, June 30.

“Workers’ rights same as civil rights,” says actor and activist Danny Glover

July 1, 2014 By James Raines

"Well first of all, I have been involved with issues about labor for a great deal of my life, I come out of a union family and my mother and my father were very much involved...

Supreme Court ruling robs workers of united voice on the job

June 30, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

In an anti-union decision, the Supreme Court voted to legalize "free riders" in cases where state or local governments and individuals jointly employ caregivers.