workers rights
Justices unanimously back public employee whistleblower
June 20, 2014The 9-0 ruling cheered the NEA, whose Alabama affiliate - the largest and most-influential union in the state - provided the attorneys for whistleblower Edward Lane in lower court arguments.
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Fight for $15: CPUSA Convention highlights fight for a living wage
June 17, 2014At the Peoples World panel on June 13 called "Working for a Living: New Challenges," workers who have been part of the Fight for 15 campaign to raise fast food wages made their voices heard.
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CWA’S Cohen ties fight vs. income inequality to fight for democracy
June 6, 2014"Corporations are people in America and can run orchestrated campaigns to destroy working people. That's what gets me mad!"
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Today in labor history: Mass. first state to pass minimum wage
June 4, 2014"The industry employing her is in receipt of the working energy of a human being at less than its cost, and to that extent is parasitic."
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In LA and Illinois, unions fight legal battles vs. pension cuts
June 3, 2014The LA pension case affects 20,000 present municipal workers and the Illinois case affects 621,000 workers and retirees.
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