Labor
PRO Act’s new backers: National Consumers League, major league sports unions
May 7, 2021The PRO Act would be the most extensive and most pro-worker rewrite of labor law since the original National Labor Relations Act of 1935.
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Father Thomas J. Haggerty: A forgotten ‘saint’ of the working class
May 7, 2021Despite its power, little is known about the person who helped write the Preamble of the IWW Constitution. Most are shocked to find that it was a Catholic priest.
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Uber and Lyft drivers need the PRO Act’s ‘independent contractor’ protections
May 6, 2021The apps call workers "independent contractors" to enlarge their profits, but then also seek federal subsidies by calling themselves transit operators.
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Death On The Job report: Years of progress, long way to go
May 5, 2021The rate of decline of deaths stalled under Trump but is expected to improve now.
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Companies are stealing billions from workers—and getting away with it
May 4, 2021Some companies do a cost-benefit analysis and realize it’s cheaper to violate the law than pay their workers.
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