workers rights
Analyst: Adults, not teens, are lopsided majority of minimum wage workers
August 12, 2016Researcher Monica Garcia-Perez presented her findings to an AFL-CIO-co-sponsored conference on race, income and inequality.
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Trump’s VP pick Mike Pence addresses right-wing lobby ALEC
August 8, 2016Indiana's governor, Trump's Republican running mate, addressed - and hailed - ALEC, disregarding worker protests out front of the secretive right-wing cabal's meeting.
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New Jersey public pensions battle goes down to the wire
August 5, 2016The pension battle began several years ago when Christie claimed the state not only wouldn't pay its part of the pensions, but couldn't afford to do so.
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Massachusetts passes most comprehensive state equal pay law
August 4, 2016The law bars employers from demanding past salary figures from job applicants; it also provides a more comprehensive definition of comparable work.
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NLRB forcing employers to reimburse illegally fired workers
August 4, 2016"The board should not require the victims of unfair labor practices to bear the consequential costs imposed on them by a respondent's unlawful conduct."
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