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Hartford fast-food workers protest wage theft

April 8, 2014 By Taylor Leake

Fast-food workers and community and faith leaders protested systemic wage theft in the industry, just after the first-ever national poll of fast-food workers showed companies lare stealing money from 89 percent of their employees.

Today in women’s history: Frances Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor

March 4, 2014 By Special to People’s World

The appointment on March 4, 1933, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Perkins the first female cabinet member in U.S. history.

Unions-workers’ centers unity results in wage and safety wins

February 21, 2014 By John Wojcik

Labor unions, including some that did not at first like the idea, say that hooking up with nonunion workers' centers has helped them make gains, including growing their own memberships.

Overseas Filipino workers deserve better protection

July 2, 2013 By Sharon Elizabeth P. McAllister

Philippines embassy personnel and labor officials from the Philippines Overseas Labor Office are currently under investigation for the alleged sexual exploitation of overseas Filipino workers.

Taken for a ride: temp agencies and ‘raiteros’ in immigrant Chicago

May 3, 2013 By Michael Grabell

Temp agencies and their corporate giant clients continue to profit off of low-wage, immigrant workers as this investigative report from ProPublica shows.