worker rights
Advocacy group warning seasonal workers: don’t fall victim to wage theft
November 29, 2011This holiday season, the National Consumers League is issuing a reminder to part-time and seasonal workers of their rights and protections under federal labor laws and warning them about the prevalence of abuses in the workplace.
Read moreRepublicans see assaulting workers as more important than creating jobs
November 7, 2011Just days before Election Day, 2011, a national group devoted to workers rights has issued a scathing report about Republican intentions toward workers.
Read moreWorkers reject sugar company demands; lockout continues
November 3, 2011Workers at American Crystal Sugar's seven plants in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa rejected, by a nine to one margin in a Nov. 1 vote, the company's latest demands.
Read moreEyewitness describes brutality in tobacco fields
October 28, 2011"What we saw was never to be imagined: When the work day ends, farm workers - men, women, and children - returned to grim camps."
Read moreTobacco workers exposed to human rights abuse
October 27, 2011Farm workers face job-related hazards, including heat stroke, pesticide, and acute nicotine poisoning.
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