worker rights – Page 108

St. Louis bricklayers strike ends in total victory

July 13, 2015 By Ed Finkelstein

The victory also ends a contractors' lawsuit that, had it succeeded, would have endangered all traditional union pension plans in the U.S.

DC unions back streetcar workers fired for organizing

July 13, 2015 By Larry Rubin

"The fired streetcar workers are heroes and they stood up for the right of workers to organize a union; they stood up for the dignity of workers."

Canada’s prime minister jams anti-union law through Parliament

July 13, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

"Unions are far more democratic, transparent, and accountable to their members than this prime minister and his government are to taxpayers."

St. Louis minimum wage hike threatened

July 9, 2015 By St. Louis Labor Tribune

Meanwhile, the GOP majority in the legislature is pushing HB722, to ban cities and counties from raising the minimum wage on their own.

Labor board tackles another joint-employer issue, involving temps

July 9, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

If an employer gets workers from a temp agency and the union wants to organize them, must it first get an OK from both the employer and the temp agency? <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face...