Wages
Proposed rules would allow home care workers minimum wage, overtime
March 13, 2012Labor-backed Interfaith Worker Justice is mobilizing support for home health care workers.
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UFCW: D.C.-Baltimore chains going nuclear vs. workers
March 12, 2012The Washington-Baltimore area's two biggest grocery chains, Giant and Safeway, are "going nuclear" in their war against their combined 30,000 workers.
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Black and Latino seniors face double poverty rates
February 28, 2012A new report says that 19.4% of Black seniors and 19%t of Latino seniors have incomes below the federal poverty line, compared to 9.4% for the senior population as a whole.
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Florida’s tipped workers could see their wages cut in half
February 28, 2012The CEOs of restaurants like Chilis and Outback Stakehouse think that $4.65 an hour is too much for their tipped employees.
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Workers at Republic Windows occupy again and win again (with video)
February 27, 2012Serious Energy told the union that they were closing the plant right away and were not interested in finding a new buyer. Workers fought back.
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