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Supreme Court Will Not Review Ralph’s Grocery Request to Deny UFCW Picketing...
If the good news about the Supreme Court’s decision regarding Arizona’s restrictive voter ID law hasn’t satisfied your human rights’ appetite for the day, look no further than California where...
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Five-Year Peet’s Coffee Veteran Fired Via Voicemail for Clocking In Late...
You work for a company for five years. You’ve just been promoted. You clock in late for the third time in the last 365 days. And you’re promptly fired via voicemail. Such is the story of Emma Bell...
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Scholar: Misclassification Shows Employers “Engaged in Organized Tactics to...
In an opinion piece Sunday, New York Times historian and labor rights advocate Marjorie Elizabeth Wood shined rare mainstream media light on the issue of misclassification. The practice of...
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Lobbying Supergroup Launching PR Campaign Against NY Scaffold Law, Worker Safety
Our team of experts is working hard to determine what in the Sam Hell this b.s. slogan even means. The New York Scaffold Law, in place since 1885, protects workers in cases of construction falls. But...
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#WorkersRights: NLRB Ends Oppressive Social Media Policy at Koch Bros’...
Thanks to an NLRB ruling, workers at the Koch-controlled Georgia-Pacific can now discuss the company via social media without concern of being reprimanded or fired for doing so. Since 2011,...
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California “Independent Contractor” Ruling Could Be Game-Changer for Trucking...
Port truck drivers in Long Beach and Los Angeles scored a major victory on Friday when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an important employee misclassification decision which set a...
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Ironworkers Lead Construction Union Contingent in Rally to Boost Fair Trade,...
Photo courtesy of CWA This is a guest post by Jennifer Badgley… Angel J. Dominguez, General Organizer of the Ironworkers International Union, and a group of young DC-area ironworkers joined more than...
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REPORT: Less Than 1% of NY’s Workplaces Were Inspected by OSHA Last Year
A new report from Public Citizen shows that New York lost $10.9 billion between 2010 and 2012 due to occupational injuries. An even more alarming figure is OSHA’s budget for fiscal year 2012: $583...
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Teamsters in WA Take First Step Toward Enabling Organization of Uber Drivers
Step into my workers’ rightsmobile, sir. Uber and Uber-X drivers in Washington state have met with Teamsters Local 117 to create an association that will deal with their labor affairs. Joined by...
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Austin Construction Workers Register Another Wage Victory, This Time for...
By a 5-4 margin, the Austin School Board voted to pay prevailing wages for work on $490 million of voter-approved bond projects and future construction. Trustees also voted to approve a study which...
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Rise in Wage and Hour Complaints Shows Great Strides Made in Worker...
The Idaho Business Review this week highlighted a significant rise in wage and hour lawsuits in the United States. Widespread protests against low-paying fast food restaurants have heightened...
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Fort Wayne City Council Passes More Extreme “Right-to-Work” Bill Than State...
Just weeks after the Fort Wayne City Council passed legislation ending collective bargaining for city employees, it has taken the assault on workers rights further by passing a new law which would...
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Fedex’s Ruthless Approach to Misclassifying Employees Ruled Unlawful by...
In California last week, the Ninth Circuit of Appeal ruled in favor of 2,300 FedEx drivers who were illegally misclassified as independent contractors. The class action lawsuit covers drivers who...
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LiUNA Partners With Immigrant Advocacy Group CASA to Improve Mid-Atlantic’s...
The Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA!) and CASA, an immigrant advocacy group, have announced a partnership to help organize Latino construction workers and help them fight for...
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And Then There Were Two? NJ May Join CT as Only States with Paid Sick Leave...
The New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee recently voted in favor of a paid sick leave ordinance which, if passed, would make the Garden State the second state with such legislation. By a 6-3 margin...
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Remote Controlling: Cablevision Again Rebuffed by NLRB for Blatant Anti-Union...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is charging that Cablevision and its CEO, James Dolan, illegally threatened to withhold employees’ raises unless they voted to decertify their union. The...
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Michigan Rep. Introduces Bill to Prevent the State’s College Athletes from...
Rep. Pscholka A bill introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) would disallow student athletes at Michigan public universities from being recognized as employees of the university or unionizing under the...
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On a Roll: Canadian Supreme Court Follows Right-to-Unionize Vote with...
Now picture Antonin Scalia appearing this pleasant (hint: it’s not possible!) In a 5-2 vote, the Canadian Supreme Court has reaffirmed that a worker’s right to strike is protected by the Canadian...
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OSHA Clarifies Safety Standards for Temporary Workers, Whistleblower Protections
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released three new bulletins as part of their ongoing Temporary Workers Initiative. Started in April of 2013, the initiative aims to...
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Republicans Spar with PA Gov. Wolf Over Home Care Workers’ Rights, Despite...
A February 27th Executive Order (EO) by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf created the Advisory Group on Participant-Directed Home Care and set up a process for home care workers to elect a...
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