worker rights

Outpouring in Missouri Capital demands end to attacks on labor

March 27, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

"Today we are united, side by side; we have to stick together, because if we lose, everyone who works for a living will pay the price."

FedEx loses another driver misclassification case, in Maine

March 27, 2014 By PAI

A federal judge in Portland approved a settlement saying FedEx Ground misclassified 141 drivers. The drivers will net $3.9 million in back pay and damages.

Burlington community backs bus drivers

March 26, 2014 By Jennifer Kenny And Israel Smith

As public transit ridership continues to reach ever higher user levels, CCTA has opted to cripple a community by refusing to bargain in good faith with its bus route drivers.

New York City settles suit by minority firemen

March 24, 2014 By Thomas Riggins

A settlement has been reached in a discrimination suit filed by the Vulcan Society and the city over the use of racially based civil service tests that favored white applicants.

Lawmakers unveil bill to hold employers responsible for supervisors’ sexual harassment

March 20, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

A coalition of congressional Democrats introduced legislation to hold employers responsible for their lower-level supervisors' sexual harassment of workers.