worker rights
Trump Labor Dept. would turn more workers into ‘independent contractors’
September 28, 2020Trump’s latest gift to big business takes employee rights away from millions.
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Top consumer brands, big banks linked to brutal palm oil worker abuses
September 24, 2020Some of the brands you buy every week at the grocery store have links to brutal abuse of workers in Southeast Asia's palm oil industry.
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Trumka: Dems ‘have to pay attention to working people’ to win
August 19, 2020“You can’t fix the economy”—Trump’s mantra—“until you fix the pandemic,” Trumka said.
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S.F. judge: Uber, Lyft drivers are ‘employees’ with worker rights, not ‘contractors’
August 11, 2020The big ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft break California law by misclassifying their drivers as “independent contractors,” not “employees” with worker rights, a judge has decided.
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‘Workers First’ car caravans drive mass turnouts nationwide
June 18, 2020The call nationwide is for putting workers first and for creating racial and economic justice.
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