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Labor Rights
Women Farmworkers Fight to Secure Their Rights and End Sexual Harassment
Members of the first national women’s farmworker organization in the U.S. discuss their experiences.
Bosses Break the Law in Over 40 Percent of Union Campaigns
Toothless labor laws enable many employers to undermine union elections and freely retaliate against pro-union workers.
Trump DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Legalize Firing Workers for Being Transgender
The filing comes days after the Labor Department unveiled a rule allowing LGBTQ discrimination by federal contractors.
Sweatshops Don’t Just Exist Overseas — They’re Here in the US Too
Yeni Dewi was paid $200 a month for 18-hour days with no bedroom or paid days off.
Retail Workers Nationwide Are Forming a Coalition to Demand a Just Economy
United for Respect filed a resolution at a Walmart shareholders meeting last week to allow workers on the board.
Unions Must Again Fight for Immigrant Amnesty
The labor movement needs to revive its recent history of demanding full equality for all immigrant workers.
Bernie Sanders Has a Sweeping Plan to Expand Union Rights and Workplace Democracy
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced sweeping legislation that would dramatically expand labor rights, making it easier for workers to join unions, speed up contract negotiations, roll back "right to …
Red Cross Is Instructing Truckers to Draw Blood and Nurses to Load Trucks
A labor dispute at the American Red Cross (ARC) is challenging perceptions of the institution.
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How the “Business Case” for Gender Equality Sidelines Human Rights
Women's rights at work are an investment in their dignity.
The Future of the Low-Wage Worker Movement May Depend on an Unheralded New York City Law
A New York ordinance allows fast food workers to join labor organizations with dues deducted voluntarily from paychecks.