Tag: workers rights
Sanders and colleagues introduce Workplace Democracy Act to end corporate bullying...
The introduction of this act will strengthen the middle class by restoring workers' rights to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions.
A sick new game from the executive suite
The corporate push to replace real pay with cheap “psychic income" is on the rise.
Accusations brought against Betsy DeVos’ Education Department for failing to negotiate...
“Secretary Betsy DeVos and her management team are attempting to strip employees of their collective bargaining rights and kill the union.”
People are showing they’ve had enough
People can only be squeezed so much before they rise up and say, “enough!”
America’s farmworkers face poverty, neglect, and now deportation
Up to 70 percent of the people who put food on America's tables may be undocumented.
We are Luddites
"THE ROBOTS ARE COMING! THE ROBOTS ARE COMING! ... EEK! THEY'RE ALREADY HERE!"
Monsanto’s in trouble again: Mega corp faces class action suit over...
Legal aid lawyers and experts say cases they see are a small sample of all the violations that occur.
‘Together and unified,’ AT&T workers launch three-day strike
This strike comes as part of the largest-ever contract mobilization at AT&T Mobility.
GOP marks international labor day by pushing death of mandatory overtime
Meanwhile Democratic lawmakers participated in demonstrations on Monday–to protest President Trump’s policies toward immigrant workers.
May Day, workers, refugees and the cracks in the left
“Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here.”
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US diplomacy thwarts Palestinian UN membership amid claims of supporting statehood leaked cable shows
This diplomatic maneuvering seeks to avoid a U.S. veto, which would publicly align the country against Palestinian self-determination.
Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 riot cases amid concerns...
This law is now at the center of a legal battle concerning its suitability for punishing those who stormed the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election results.
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in the South
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
Missouri Republican Attorney General Bailey sues Media Matters using consumer law to censor the...
An analysis of Mo. Attorney General Andrew Bailey's bogus allegations against Media Matters.
New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s, fueling wealth inequality
This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.