Worker’s Rights Archive
The combination of inflation and a stagnant minimum wage have created a climate where working 40 hours a week is not enough to support one person, let alone a family
In what is considered a debatable move by many, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Plan B One-Step, one of three available emergency contraceptives on the market, for use by women 15 and over with a prescription. The approval …
We were once worried about the Nanny State getting their hands on our restaurant and fast food purchases preventing us from buying our big gulp sodas, but is seems the Nanny’s now have their hands somewhere else: Our Employers. A recent Think …
In many ways the civility of a society can be measured by the way in which it ensures the rights of woman. 50 years ago, Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” was published, ushering a new era of woman’s rights that would last throughout …
On Wednesday New York City voted to approve a bill which would prohibit employers from discriminating against those job seekers and applicants who are unemployed. In three months New York City will join three other cities across the United States making …
Fight For 15 is a newly formed Chicago union that is made up of downtown workers in the retail and food workers industry. The union is fighting for better living wages to eliminate urban poverty which is a major cause …
The Gang rape victim whose violent assault on a bus in Delhi sparked recent protests has passed away from her injuries in a Singapore Hospital. As her funeral took place in India, calls for action continued to pour in from those in …
