worker rights
Walmart seeks food donations for its workers
November 20, 2013"How about paying workers more than $7.25 an hour?'" asked Terrie Napolitano, a Lodi, New Jersey resident who shops at several Walmarts in her area.
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U.S. to prosecute Walmart for violation of workers’ rights
November 18, 2013The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel is issuing a decision today to prosecute Walmart for its widespread violations of its workers' rights.
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NLRB: Groups’ call center fired worker for union activism
November 15, 2013"They've taken every opportunity to fire people, and they've been getting away with it."
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Today in labor history: Phone workers call for union
November 14, 2013The National Federation of Telephone Workers - later to become the CWA - was founded today in New Orleans in 1938.
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Asbestos survivors blast GOP bill
November 14, 2013One survivor calls the legislation "one-sided, unfair and unnecessary."
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