Worker’s Rights Archive
The middle class is about to disappear. And it is not going to disappear because they are all going to shift into the region of upper middle class or even wealthy, the real scenario is very bleak.
Meet Adrienne. All she wanted was a job. She hated being on public assistance and wanted a chance to work hard and support her kids. But a first-time nonviolent offense on her record was holding her back. That’s where supporters …
By: Janice Tjeng Edited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq. Image: Susi, a 30 year-old Indonesian domestic worker. Susi experienced domestic abuse for a year under the hands of a Hong Kong employer, Law Wan-Tung. She had to work 20 …
by Michael Grabell ProPublica, April 29, 2015, 5:13 p.m. A bill that would prevent insurance companies from using routine doctor requests to reopen the cases of injured workers and deny previously approved care passed a key California senate committee Wednesday. The …
by Michael Grabell ProPublica, April 7, 2015, 10:31 a.m. Alabama lawmakers have introduced a bill that would nearly triple the maximum compensation for workers who suffer amputations on the job. The bill, filed April 2, comes less than a month after …
Written by Jake Rosenfeld, University of Washington Editor’s note: this is the first in a weekly series of articles on organized labor, to culminate on International Workers Day on May 1. The US labor movement was once the core institution …
According to this article, 13 of Canada’s first responders have committed suicide in a span of about 10 weeks, i.e paramedics, firefighters, police officers, dispatchers and prison staff have ended their lives after working in challenging jobs that regularly required them …
It didn’t surprise me to read the headlines that Republicans blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act. We expect a Republican-controlled House of Representatives to do these things. No, my surprise came when I read the articles. That’s when I found out …
Bullying is a busy term, and people use it to describe all sorts of behaviour between all sorts of people in all sorts of situations. It is spread very thin, but at the same time does not convey enough about …
Americans once took pride in their unions. The brave men and woman who stood up to big business and demanded novel things like fair pay, fair hours, and humane working conditions. It has come to the point where big business …
