worker rights
Obama announces new overtime pay rule
July 1, 2015Overturning a cutback the GOP Bush Administration instituted a decade ago, Obama announced a new overtime pay rule on June 30.
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Triqui migrants do the work, but want change
June 18, 2015"When I see people working in the field, I see a lack of equality. If it wasn't for them the crops wouldn't get grown or harvested."
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“Right-to-work” goes down the drain in Maine
June 17, 2015Following effective worker lobbying, meetings, phone calls and 10,000 post cards, RTW legislation was defeated by a 90-52 margin in the state House.
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Delta baggage handler files suit over retaliatory firing
June 12, 2015Hedges has been active in trying to organize a union among ground workers at Delta and in 15Now, a movement to raise wages among airport workers to $15 an hour.
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New Jersey unions go toe to toe with Christie over pensions
June 11, 2015Unions representing N.J. state and local government workers vowed that the fight over Chris Christie's pension payment cuts is not over.
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