Tag: labor

The Man Challenging Paul Ryan In 2018 Has Come Out Swinging...

Randy Bryce (D) is challenging Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R) for re-election in Wisconsin’s first congressional district. A mustachioed Army veteran and union...
manufacturing

Impaled, Maimed, And Burned – The High Cost Of Southern Manufacturing...

Last year, Regina Elsea was earning $8.50 at Ajin USA, an auto supply manufacturer in eastern Alabama. She worked a 12-hour shift seven days...

Trump’s Labor Pick Broke The Very Laws He’ll Need To Enforce...

Employees of CKE Restaurants suffered serious labor violations and indifference from management while the company was in the hands of CEO Andrew Puzder, President-elect...

House Republicans Approve Measure That Could Slash Federal Workers’ Annual Pay...

Part of a recent rules package passed by the Republican-controlled House includes a measure that could reduce the wages of federal workers to just $1...

Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Hates Workers – Even His Own (VIDEO)

President-elect Donald Trump spoke to angry whites who were tired of living in poverty and seeing their jobs outsourced to other countries. His choice...

Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Likely To Help Roll Back Labor Laws...

A major expansion of right-to-work laws looks likely under President-elect Donald Trump. Last week, two Illinois state employees moved forward with their lawsuit against the...
labor rights

NLRB: Trump Violated The Labor Rights Of His Own Hotel Workers

The National Labor Relations Board has found that Donald Trump violated the federal labor rights of his employees. The Republican presidential nominee refused to...
trade school, Brett Littleton

This One American Will Change Your View On Sanders Supporters

"I am a millennial. I am not soft. And I support Bernie Sanders." This is how the Facebook post by Brett Littleton starts, a post...

Minimum Wage Increasing In 23 States And D.C. For 2015

About 7 million low-income workers in 23 states will enjoy pay raises this year, thanks to minimum wage increases that range from 12 cents...

Walmart Loses In Court – Again

  After contesting and appealing a 2007 ruling, Walmart lost again on Dec. 16. And to the tune of $188 million, too. Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected...

The “Corporate Trojan Horse” AKA TPP Agreement

It's called the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, and it involves 9 nations: The United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and...

99% And Still Free Occupy – Power To The Peaceful (VIDEO)

Occupy has been around for centuries. They keep reinventing themselves. Sometimes they are called revolutionaries. Other times they are called, The People. This inspiring...