workers rights – Page 35

Striking federal contract workers demand “$15 and a union”

July 28, 2015 By Larry Rubin

All are employed by huge corporations that have been awarded contracts by the federal government, and all earn poverty wages.

Ohioans protest as Kasich announces his campaign for presidency

July 24, 2015 By Anita Waters

Ohioans fed up with John Kasich's pro-1 percent policies came out in droves to protest their governor as he announced his bid for the Republican nomination for president

Netroots Nation delegates discussed unions’ role in progressive causes

July 23, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Unionists at the confab included a large delegation from the CWA, a former top Unite Here activist, and AFL-CIO officials Liz Shuler and Tefere Gebre.

Walker offers rightwing policies tried and tested in his Wisconsin lab

July 23, 2015 By Dominique Paul Noth

Wisconsin stands as the actual laboratory of failure for Republican ideology and pain for the people.

Mayors hear biased view of California court decision vs. teacher tenure

July 7, 2015 By Daniel Sankey

There is an answer to public education's poor performance: money; we will have to pay for it, just as we pay for a massive military budget.