worker rights
NLRB casting jaundiced eye against forced arbitrations
January 6, 2016If you signed an employment contract in the past 15 years, you likely also signed away your rights to sue your employer if you get fired for bad reasons.
Read moreLabor meltdown: Elves threaten historic strike week before Christmas
December 18, 2015"This is a new day here in the North Pole; no longer will we settle for the technologies and working conditions of last century!"
Read moreDespite vicious opposition, Chattanooga workers are unionizing
December 7, 2015In the face of corporation opposition, skilled workers at the Volkswagen plant voted for UAW to become their collective bargaining representative, a step toward unionization of the whole plant.
Read moreUBB mine disaster: Blankenship trial’s end at hand
November 18, 2015In a surprising move the defense team for accused coal criminal, Don Blankenship, rested its case Nov. 16 without presenting any witnesses.
Read moreWorkers unite across the nation in the Fight for 15
November 13, 2015"Before I started with Fight for 15, the management would scream and degrade us in front of people; now they actually treat us with respect."
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