workers rights
Blankenship verdict: guilty on misdemeanor, innocent on felony charges
December 4, 2015The conspiracy charge is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum of one-year in jail and possible fines amounting to twice the financial gain resulting from the safety conspiracy.
Read moreWalmart hired Lockheed-Martin, asked FBI to spy on activist workers
December 2, 2015The spying was contained in documents filed with the NLRB in a case that OURWalmart -- an employee group to improve pay and working conditions -- filed with the agency.
Read morePortugal: Socialist government takes power with Left support
November 24, 2015Antonio Luis Santos da Costa of the Socialist Party, forms a government with the support of the Communist, Ecologist (Green) and Left Bloc deputies in the national parliament.
Read moreTrumka kicks off anti-TPP drive at town hall meeting in New Hampshire
November 17, 2015New Hampshire is the site of the first presidential primary next year, and the TPP has already become an issue on the campaign trail.
Read moreTrans Pacific Partnership deal: Corporations, not nations, call the shots
November 16, 2015If TPP is enacted as written, it will give corporations and banks a way to undermine any and all regulations member nations have put in place to protect consumers and workers.
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