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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Trump defies court order, blocks food aid for millions amid record shutdown
President Donald Trump has declared that his administration will defy two federal court orders requiring the government to release full Supplemental Nutrition...
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
USDA warning to grocers deepens SNAP crisis as Trump defies court orders
As federal judges order the administration to pay out frozen food benefits, the USDA warns grocery stores not to offer discounts to millions of hungry Americans caught in the shutdown, citing the “Equal Treatment Rule.”
The truth about kratom and it’s safety problems
"Depending on the amount of active ingredient in the product…taking kratom can be harmful," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned people not to use kratom because of possible harm it can cause.
Zohran Mamdani’s movement victory reshapes New York politics
A data-driven look at the coalition, turnout, and affordability agenda that defeated a billionaire-backed machine and what it means for governing.