by admin | Mar 7, 2013 | In the News
Alleging unpaid wages and repeated retaliation, McDonald’s workers in central Pennsylvania launched a surprise strike at 11 this morning. The strikers are student guest workers from Latin America and Asia, brought to the United States under the controversial J-1...
by admin | Jan 31, 2013 | In the News
LANSING, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and a coalition of labor unions asked a judge today to strike down the recently passed right-to-work law because it was enacted while the public was locked out of the Capitol in violation of the Open...
by admin | Jan 29, 2013 | In the News
By Camille Beredjick The state of California has ordered a Southern California merchandise-processing warehouse to pay 865 workers more than $1 million in stolen wages. Workers at Quetico, LLC, a warehouse complex in Chino, Calif., are responsible for labeling,...
by admin | Dec 18, 2012 | In the News
This morning brings news of a possible deal on the horizon, concerning the “fiscal cliff.” Obama would get the an extension of the Bush tax cuts for households with incomes under $400,000 (not $250,000, which was his goal), a two-year debt limit reprieve, the...
by admin | Dec 11, 2012 | In the News
The Michigan House passed right-to-work legislation Tuesday as protestors booed inside the capital and thousands gathered to protest on the lawn outside, the Detroit Free Press reports. The final vote was 58 to 51. The bill now heads to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk....
