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The price for killing workers must be prison
April 27, 2017Canadian law holds corporate officials criminally accountable when workers are killed on the job.
Read moreReport: Top 100 federal contractors offshored tens of thousands of jobs
April 26, 2017New report finds the height of the offshoring occurred in 2008, during the depths of the Great Recession.
Read moreMinimum wage hike to $15 would give 41 million a raise
April 26, 2017In the eight years since the federal minimum wage was last raised, the buying power of a minimum-wage paycheck has fallen 10 percent due to inflation.
Read moreFake “flexibility” bill would allow employers to deprive workers of overtime pay
April 26, 2017Bosses would force workers into taking comp time at the boss’ discretion in what Economic Policy Institute Vice President and economist Ross Eisenbrey calls “an interest-free loan from workers to corporations” and “a total fraud”.
Read moreUNITE HERE and SEIU: More than 300,000 workers may walk May 1
April 25, 2017They are taking to the streets with “hundreds of thousands of workers, immigrants and allies."
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