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In a new report, the progressive think tank Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found evidence that employers are increasingly brazen in seeking to obstruct workers' attempts to unionize.
Trump’s new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement repeats the disasters of the original agreement.
As more young people find themselves stuck in precarious jobs with variable hours and benefits, some are turning to unions to help secure their rights.
Where Sanders’ labor platform is most exciting is its proposal for new workers’ rights and forms of union representation that transcend the National Labor Relations Board framework of enterprise-based contract bargaining
This article is from a corporate law firm, but it offers a concise summary of last weeks decision by the NLRB to roll back the rights of workers to engage in protected concerted activity.
The NLRB persists in its fight to outlaw Scabby the Rat, the balloon rodent who helps out workers when they picket their bosses.
This devastating new policy will force thousands of costly and unnecessary certification elections.
The future for Uber drivers won’t be decided by the US government.
Company Manufactures Climate of Fear
If SuperShuttle drivers, with all their restrictions and prohibitions, aren’t employees in the eyes of a Republican NLRB, then Uber’s case before that same board is no longer a question mark. It’s a slam dunk.
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