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University of Missouri Worker Jobs Under Fire – Update
UPDATE: Huge Win for Workers in Missouri (Update at the end of the article) The fight for workers’ rights is as old as the country itself. It has been fought [...]
Your Boss Can Now Search Your Car
If you believe in the constitution, the first amendment of free speech and the second amendment of the right to bear arms, then you also need to believe in the [...]
How Trump is Helping Tycoons Exploit the Pandemic
If you were thinking that Donald Trump and the Federal agencies he oversees are on your side, think again. "For the previous forty-two years, a thousand or so laborers at [...]
Asheville union drive could inspire N.C. organized labor
"We put a lot of effort into organizing and gaining support within the hospital,” said Trish Stevenson, a Mission registered nurse who seeks unionization to raise hospital staffing levels to [...]
‘I Won’t Be Alive to Work’ – Las Vegas Union Wants Sick Leave, Quarantine Pay
"If I go back too early, I won't be able to be alive to work," said Olee Stewart, 59, a cook at Harrah's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, who is [...]
Paid sick leave policies in the spotlight as COVID-19 concerns mount for frontline workers
"Most of our workers, if they don't work they don't get paid.... and their benefits are all dependent on hours worked," Dennis Desmond, business manager for the Laborers' International Union [...]
Workers Under Fire
Businesses, contractors, even our local, state and federal governments have been taking advantage of workers in the United States for decades. From low wages, to discrimination, to unsafe working conditions, to the simple mindset of always putting profits over people, in increasing and alarming ways employers have shown that they view their employees as expendable liabilities rather than responsible, skilled, and hard-working people worthy of their respect.