workers rights – Page 61

NLRB heads to court to stop Kellogg’s lockout of Memphis workers

April 11, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The decision to head for court “recognizes Kellogg’s illegal positions and iron-fisted conduct were so destructive to these workers’ rights ."

Hartford fast-food workers protest wage theft

April 8, 2014 By Taylor Leake

Fast-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.

President Obama orders stronger federal equal pay rules

April 8, 2014 By John Wojcik

The 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...

Colombian union leaders say killings continue

April 8, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Three 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.

Missouri workers fight anti-union legislation

April 1, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

"HB 1617 is a patronizing bill that doesn't treat state workers like adults, it treats them like children who don't know what they are doing when they sign an authorization card to join a union."