Labor
Administration clashes with government workers
June 22, 2011The Obama administration and the American Federation of Government Employees are clashing over collective bargaining rights for thousands of health care workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Read morePanel pushes end to secrecy on women’s pay
June 21, 2011Rampant secrecy about pay, often written into employers' rules and "employee handbooks," helps fuel pay discrimination against women on the job, a panel of equal pay advocates says.
Read morePush for 1 million Ohioans against SB 5
June 21, 2011We Are Ohio announced Friday that 714,000 signatures had already been collected, more than triple the required amount, in the drive to repeal the anti-worker law.
Read moreUnions hit GOP “verification” scheme
June 20, 2011AFL-CIO President Trumka and Service Employees Secretary-Treasurer Medina are blasting the GOP's latest anti-worker gambit: Forcing firms to use a faulty employee verification scheme, called "E-verify."
Read morePhilly Council passes paid sick days, will mayor sign?
June 20, 2011Around 40 percent of all the hourly-wage workers in Philadelphia have no sick days. The bill, if it becomes law, would enable workers to earn one hour of paid sick time for every 40 hours worked.
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