worker rights
Older 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.
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Senate 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."
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EPI 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.
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Chicagoans 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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Week-long Minnesota nurses strike part of forced walkout in three states
June 22, 2016Hospital chains demand that its nurses virtually give up their health insurance; patient safety and quality of patient care are also top issues.
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