working conditions
First Energy: Locks out workers, blacks out customers
January 14, 2014It was just after sunrise only three days before Thanksgiving, that security guards clamped locks on the gates at FirstEnergy in central Pennsylvania, barring 150 workers from their jobs.
Read moreMcDonald’s to workers: Get a second job and go without heat
July 17, 2013McDonald's aims to "help" its workers who make, on average, $8.25 per hour - not by raising their salaries, but by telling them how to budget their income.
Read moreSweatshops in America? Yes, at T-Mobile call centers
July 16, 2013T-Mobile call center employees are forced to work in a highly stressful setting that demands they meet unrealistic quotas with only a short amount of time to handle customer requests.
Read moreTexas clergy and students back Walmart strikers
June 3, 2013We protested low wages, unattainable benefits, and murderous uncertain working hours.
Read moreRace to the bottom for sweatshop workers
May 28, 2013Minimum wage workers, earning $74 a month were beaten by riot police for a protest demanding a $14 a month raise.
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