workers rights
Executive Paywatch highlights gap between rich CEOs and their workers
April 15, 2014"Tax day is a day when we all pitch in, right? Yet for a small number of wealthy people, it represents making money from the sacrifice of others - a ridiculous amount of money."
Read moreNLRB heads to court to stop Kellogg’s lockout of Memphis workers
April 11, 2014The decision to head for court “recognizes Kellogg’s illegal positions and iron-fisted conduct were so destructive to these workers’ rights ."
Read moreHartford fast-food workers protest wage theft
April 8, 2014Fast-food workers and community and faith leaders protested systemic wage theft in the industry, just after the first-ever national poll of fast-food workers showed companies lare stealing money from 89 percent of their employees.
Read morePresident Obama orders stronger federal equal pay rules
April 8, 2014The president signed the order in a dramatic White House ceremony as Lilly Ledbetter stood beside him; it marked Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how long a woman must work into 2014 to earn...
Read moreColombian union leaders say killings continue
April 8, 2014Three years after it was added as a side pact to the controversial U.S.-Colombia "free trade" pact, the Labor Action Plan designed to improve workers' lot and their rights is a failure.
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