workers rights
GOP Senate leaders scheme to hamstring NLRB
September 24, 2014They are upset by a General Counsel's memo saying franchise holders and the chains that enfranchise them are both responsible for obeying wage and working condition laws.
Read moreU.S. to push worker rights trade case vs. Guatemala
September 24, 2014Saying the Guatemalan government did not live up to its own worker rights commitments, the Obama administration will push its trade case against the Central American nation.
Read moreScotland: In the wake of referendum “No” result
September 19, 2014Scots voted No to independence by 55 per cent to 45 per cent, but the referendum debate energised a people determined to strike a blow against a pampered Westminster elite.
Read moreWalmart forces workers to pay for new uniforms
September 12, 2014"Every few months you guys dream up something new to torture the associates with."
Read moreHow a small town council routed the union busters
September 9, 2014The Sequim City Council voted unanimously to kill two pending "Right to Work" (for less) ballot propositions, condemning them as "grossly invalid" and a flagrant violation of state law.
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