worker rights
Report: Supreme Court has weakened sexual harassment protections for workers
April 2, 2014The NWLC released a report featuring new information that underscores the urgent need to strengthen workplace protections from sexual harassment.
Read moreManagement actions at New York transit unite workers
April 2, 2014The situation at the Central Electronics shop of New York City Transit, under the yoke of a vicious anti-union management, has reached a boiling point.
Read moreAFL-CIO leads demonstration for minimum wage hike outside Heritage Foundation
March 31, 2014The labor movement turned up the heat today on opponents of a minimum wage increase by gathering outside of the Heritage Foundation.
Read moreOutpouring in Missouri Capital demands end to attacks on labor
March 27, 2014"Today we are united, side by side; we have to stick together, because if we lose, everyone who works for a living will pay the price."
Read moreFedEx loses another driver misclassification case, in Maine
March 27, 2014A federal judge in Portland approved a settlement saying FedEx Ground misclassified 141 drivers. The drivers will net $3.9 million in back pay and damages.
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