worker rights
Details of Dem draft platform reveal many strong pro-worker planks
July 6, 2016"Donald Trump may talk tough, but he has consistently outsourced his own products. American workers deserve better."
Read moreOlder America: From crisis to action
July 5, 2016By 2030, the United States will have more older people living in poverty than the entire populations of Australia and New Zealand combined.
Read moreSenate votes to slash minimum wage for youth in Puerto Rico
July 5, 2016"Over the last five years alone, more than 150 public schools have been shut down and the childhood poverty rate in Puerto Rico is now 58 percent."
Read moreEPI analyst: High court deadlock on immigration hurts all workers’ rights
June 29, 2016Exploitative employers use the threat of hiring undocumented adults to force other workers to take lower wages and benefits.
Read moreChicagoans win paid sick leave law
June 23, 2016A coalition of workers' rights and progressive groups pushed the ordinance through the council, over the usual business opposition.
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