worker rights
Burlington community backs bus drivers
March 26, 2014As public transit ridership continues to reach ever higher user levels, CCTA has opted to cripple a community by refusing to bargain in good faith with its bus route drivers.
Read moreNew York City settles suit by minority firemen
March 24, 2014A settlement has been reached in a discrimination suit filed by the Vulcan Society and the city over the use of racially based civil service tests that favored white applicants.
Read moreLawmakers unveil bill to hold employers responsible for supervisors’ sexual harassment
March 20, 2014A coalition of congressional Democrats introduced legislation to hold employers responsible for their lower-level supervisors' sexual harassment of workers.
Read moreFast food workers protest wage theft
March 19, 2014Elected officials, clergy, community, and union members joined in a spirited protest outside the McDonalds in this city's Fair Haven neighborhood Mar. 18.
Read moreOregon ‘right-to-work’ initiative dropped
March 12, 2014Sponsors of two anti-union initiative petitions agreed to withdraw their measures aimed at the Oregon ballot in November.
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