benefits
Statistics show new claims for jobless aid fewest in 15 months
July 1, 2021But National Employment Law Project warns millions now depending upon benefits will be cut off by July 4.
Read moreTrump employees win their battle for a contract
January 1, 2017After two years of struggle, workers won a four year contract with significant wage hikes, improved working conditions, family healthcare benefits, pensions and job security.
Read moreVerizon strike attracts support in Southern California
May 6, 2016The largest such labor action in the U.S. in many years, the strike by Verizon workers taking on corporate greed is now in its fourth week.
Read moreLabor Dept. to coal mine owners: Pay black lung victims’ claims, then appeal
April 29, 2016The old appeal policy left hundreds of thousands of coal miners, disabled from black lung disease, usually without a penny of benefits before they died.
Read moreThe “skills gap” myth: What’s really driving down wages?
December 31, 2015There is an illusion that American workers' economic woes are attributable to their own lack of appropriate skills rather than to concerted efforts on the part of capital to disempower workers.
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