worker rights

Justices give biz 9-0 win over workers in security screenings case

December 12, 2014 By PAI

For Amazon.com workers, the ruling means spending 25 minutes in line every day, unpaid, while waiting for a mandatory security check.

Need for bathroom breaks is no joke!

December 11, 2014 By PAI

We've heard of employers mistreating their workers, but the following item out of Seattle is the latest entry in the "You gotta be kidding" category.

Support builds for Delta baggage handler fired for speaking out

December 10, 2014 By Randy Croce And Barb Kucera

Delta Airlines' decision to fire a veteran baggage handler for speaking out in support of low-wage workers has elicited widespread criticism.

Fast food workers walk off the job in 190 cities

December 5, 2014 By John Wojcik

Fast food workers walked off the job from one end of the country to the other today, with police arresting hundreds of workers engaging in civil disobedience.

California low wage workers on the move

December 5, 2014 By Marilyn Bechtel

Some 200 workers, labor and community supporters gathered in the heart of the largely Latino Fruitvale neighborhood Dec. 4.