Workers Rights

Siempre En La Lucha: Latinos and Marriage Equality

Dolores Huerta | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: LGBT Rights, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Latino Voters, Gay Marriage, Workers Rights, Marriage Equality, Latino Voices News
Dolores Huerta

A better country for immigrants is a better country for all. A better country for gays and lesbians is a better country for all. We're all in this together.

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Romney the Bully

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Unions, Bain Capital, Bullying, John Lauber, Workers Rights, Mitt Romney Bully, Politics News
Marjorie Cohn

When most people list the qualities they want to see in their president, "bully" is not one of them. Yet evidence continues to emerge that Mitt Romney is a bully.

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On Mother's Day: Expecting Better for All Mothers and Working Families

Debra L. Ness | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Mother's Day, Paid Sick Days, Paid Leave, State Laws, Working Mothers, Nursing Mothers, Working Parents, New Parents, Work and Family, Workers' Rights, Parents News
Debra L. Ness

The sad truth is that millions of working mothers in this country find themselves without the support they need to care for their families and hold onto their jobs.

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Bring Back "The Mardi Gras 10" in South Florida

Rabbi Solomon Schiff | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Hallandale Florida, Mardi Gras Casino Florida, Mardi Gras Casino, Mardi Gras 10, Unionization, Hallandale, Worker's Rights, Unions, Miami News
Rabbi Solomon Schiff

We are called to hold up the dignity and respect of all people. We stand in support of the just and ethical treatment of workers and against the abuse of power by any individual or institution with respect to their workers.

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Why Subcontracting Causes More Problems Than it Solves

Ethan Miller | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Aramark, United Students Against Sweatshops, American University, Education Policy, Student Protest, Subcontracting, Adidas, Workers Rights, Corporations Universities, College News
Ethan Miller

How can we keep both our university administrations and these large corporations in check and help fix some of the problems that subcontracting causes?

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California (And Every Other State) Should Pass a Law for Exercise Breaks

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Long Term Health Benefits, Employee Free Choice Act, Exercise, Workplace Law, Mandated Work Breaks, Meal Breaks, California, California Supreme Court, Workers Rights, Business News
Judith J. Wurtman, PhD

Most working people do not go hungry because they have no time to eat. Even the most rushed individuals can usually gulp a meal bar in five minutes. What they do lack, however, is time for exercise.

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Rights Have to Be Enforced Somehow

Joshua Shulman | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Eeoc, Discrimination, Civil Rights, Trial Lawyers, Equal Opportunity Employment, Lawyers, Employee Rights, New York Disability Law, Workers Rights, Politics News
Joshua Shulman

We as a country have to decide what rights we want to enforce, and whether to enforce them with government agencies, or with private contractors. But whipsawing back and forth is unfair.

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Zach Carter

Obama Urged To Pressure Colombia On Workers' Rights Following Murders

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Video, Labor, Colombia, Labor Action Plan, Afl-Cio, Fta, Obama, Unions, Trade Agreement, Union, Colombia FTA, Trumka, Workers Rights, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, the leaders of the largest coalition of American labor unions sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to mainta...

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Watch: Is the Future of Social Activism Here Now?

Bill Moyers | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: National Domestic Workers Alliance, Caring Across Generations, Jobs With Justice, Occupy Movement, The 99%, Social Activism, Workers Rights, Impact News
Bill Moyers

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Let's Stand With Working People Against the Crony Capitalists and Their Political Lackeys

Allan Brawley | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Crony Capitalism, Wisconsin Recall Elections, Unions, Money in Politics, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Labor Laws, Occupy Wall Street, Labor Movement, Workers Rights, Politics News
Allan Brawley

Early union struggles need to be remembered and appropriately re-enacted if we are to take the country back from the corporate interests that again control it, their political and judicial allies, and the complicit mainstream media.

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FedEx fails to deliver for drivers

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: FedEx Corp, Independent Contractors, Employee Benefits, Workers Rights, Business News
The Center for Public Integrity

By Amy Biegelsen, iWatch NewsGary Terrio used to work for himself driving lost luggage from the airport in Manchester, N.H., out to the owners' home...

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Blacklisted as "Troublemakers," U.K. Construction Workers Struggle for Justice

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Civil Liberties, Britain, Labor, United Kingdom, Labor Rights, Surveillance, Construction, Unions, Workers Rights, Video, World News
Michelle Chen

An investigation by the UK government's Information Commissioners Office revealed that some of the country's most prominent construction firms had worked with a company to create a blacklist of workers with a history of being suspected "troublemakers" or labor advocates.

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Dying for Work

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Massey Energy, Bp, Taxi Cab Standard, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Deepwater Horizon, Mitt Romney, Tesoro, Seaman?S Manslaughter Law, Beryllium, Bill Richardson, American Criminal Law Review, Osha, Upper Big Branch, Miners, Workers Safety, Mining, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Workers Rights, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Every day, 12 workers die on the job in America -- often because a corporation has defied regulations or ignored standard safety procedures. Many more die prematurely from work exposure to toxic materials.

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International Women's Day: Don't Get Mad, Get Elected

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Leadership, Women, Workers, Social Networks, Women's Health, Voting Rights, Health, Jobs, International Women's Day, Worker's Rights, Women in Politics, Women News
Christine Pelosi

On International Women's Day, each woman in the world must use this as an opportunity to step up and fight the good fight. For our health. For our jobs. And for our future.

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Ag Gag Bill on the Governor's Desk!

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Factory Farming, Animal Welfare, Animal Welfare Approved, Ag Gag Bill, Workers Rights, Farming Iowa, Iowa Farming Bill, Food News
Andrew Gunther

The "Ag Gag" bill was promoted on the basis that it would help to improve animal welfare and protect family farms. But the stark reality is that this law has absolutely nothing to do with animal welfare.

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Wage Theft: A Moral Crisis in Our Communities

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Wage Theft Prevention, Wage Protection, Wage Theft Prevention Act, Wage Theft, Wage Theft Florida, Workers Rights, Miami News
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski

By any standard, wage theft is immoral, bad for the economy, unfair to ethical employers, and devastating to workers who are struggling to make ends meet.

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Mike Daisey Takes Bite Out of Apple

Michael Winship | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Ipads, Steve Jobs, Foxconn, Labor, Ipods, Apple, Entertainment, Computers, Mike Daisey, China, Iphones, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Workers Rights, Arts News
Michael Winship

Many have reported on the working conditions at Foxconn, but it's Mike Daisey's one-man play, media coverage of his work and the broadcast of a one-hour version on the public radio series This American Life that seem to have galvanized public opinion.

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Regulate the Rotten Apples: The Need for a New 'Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act'

Jeffrey Kaye | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Outsourcing, Human Rights, Apple, Environment, Foxconn, Technology, China, Workers Rights, Apple Labor, Apple Foxconn, Business News
Jeffrey Kaye

Apple's size makes it exceptional, but it is only one of countless transnational companies which are able to choose efficiency and lower prices over employee rights and environmental protections.

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Jewish Groups Use Exemptions For Churches To Skirt Rules, Put Pension Plans At Risk

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Video, Judaism, Jewish Non-Profits, Pensions, Jewish Daily Forward, Pension Rights Center, Church Status, Workers Rights, Pension Funds, Religion News

By Nathan Guttman The Jewish Daily Forward WASHINGTON -- Seeking to cut pension costs, Jewish social service groups are using an obscure tax looph...

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Ensure You Valentine's Day Bouquet Isn't Exploiting Women

Alexis Sclamberg | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Valentine's Day Gifts, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Activism, Women's Health, Valentine's Day, Flowers, Globalization, Holiday Gifts, Workers Rights, Impact News
Alexis Sclamberg

It is hard to imagine that your lovely roses are responsible for disturbingly high rates of miscarriage, birth defects, skin conditions, and breathing problems for the women who create them. Yes, human suffering grows tall and strong alongside our flawless flowers.

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Saving the Middle Class

Robert Kuttner | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Losing Ground, Charles Murray, Labor Unions, Coming Apart, New York City Hotel Union, New York Hotel Workers, Workers Rights, Middle Class, Workers Wages, Business News
Robert Kuttner

The same diligent workers who earned decent wages a couple of generations ago are now working just as hard for a lot less. The fact is, American productivity has nearly doubled in a generation. The problem is that the fruits of that productivity have gone to the wrong people.

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The Obama Labor Department Suppresses the Facts

Howard Foster | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Unions, President Obama, Scott Walker, Right to Work, Labor Department, Department of Labor, Obama Administration, Labor Unions, Workers Rights, Politics News
Howard Foster

Union membership by public employees was banned until the 1960's. Now it is commonplace and causes the taxpayers billions of dollars for those pensions.

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What Occupy Taught The Unions

salon.com | Jimmy Zuma | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Occupy Wall Street Protest, Social Activists, Occupy Wall Street, Union-Activists, Union Movement, Unions, Occupy Movement, Workers Rights, Politics News

Unions are in a death spiral. Private sector unionism has all but vanished, accounting for a measly 6.9 percent of the workforce. Public sector worke...

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How the Googlization of Television Will Destroy High Wage, Union Hollywood

Nathan Newman | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Television, Advertising, Occupy Wall Street, Hollywood, Unions, Health Care, Google, Workers Rights, TV Canada, Business News
Nathan Newman

The Hollywood unions largely formed in the 1930s are actually one of the last thriving representatives of that historic surge of working class power. The danger is that a Googlization of the television industry could mean the end of a living wage industry there as well.

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Mr. President: Include This In the State of the Union...Please

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Medicare, Citizens United, Affordable Healthcare Act, Workers' Rights, Anwar Al-Awlaki, State of the Union, Osama Bin Laden, Obamacare, Obama State of the Union, 2012 State of the Union, Politics News
Paul Abrams

The president should tell us, as is true, that the state of the nation in 2012 is "better" than it was when he took office.

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