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Supreme Court makes it harder for older workers to prove discrimination
June 26, 2009Original source: Last week, in a 5-to-4 decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., the Supreme Court made it harder for employees to win age discrimination lawsuits. The lawsuit was brought by Jack Gross, a...
Read moreSupreme Court rules strip-search of teen illegal
June 26, 2009WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a school's strip search of an Arizona teenage girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen was illegal. The court ruled 8-1 on Thursday that school officials violated the...
Read moreWorking families rally for health care reform in nation’s capital
June 26, 2009Original source: As thousands of workers and their unions rally today in Washington for comprehensive health care reform AFSCME Legislative Director Chuck Loveless says private insurers cannot continue to monopolize health care. “It’s extremely important that...
Read moreAstonishing speed and breadth of pww.org
June 25, 2009Tim Yeager, who was interviewed in a recent article on our web site, says he was “astonished at the speed of the article, not only going up on the web site, but also the speed it...
Read moreLive on stage at the Guthrie: The Employee Free Choice Act?
June 25, 2009MINNEAPOLIS - (Workday Minnesota) Imagine my surprise when I heard a character in a world premiere play now at the Guthrie Theater sing the praises of the Employee Free Choice Act! The proposed federal legislation is...
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