Labor
GOP pushing Labor Department to go easy on wage theft
July 28, 2014"One key to economic recovery is vigorous enforcement of wage and hour protections, so workers are paid what they earn, and can pump money back into their local economies."
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Kellogg’s lockout of bakery workers headed for court
July 25, 2014The NLRB seeks a court injunction ordering Kellogg's to take the workers back and bargain in good faith with their BCTGM, locked out last Oct.
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Today in Labor History: The Alliance for Labor Action forms
July 24, 2014This national trade union center organized unorganized workers and pursued progressive political and social projects.
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Are children working on Minnesota school construction sites?
July 24, 2014The Laborers International Union identified a second possible case of child labor on Minnesota construction sites and has alerted authorities at both the state and national level.
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Letter carriers: U.S. mail not for sale!
July 24, 2014Letter carriers are concerned about the privatization threat and the threat to eliminate Saturday delivery, and about attempts to end door to door delivery service altogether.
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