Labor and Courts

World Socialist Web Site
View In: Labor and CourtsSteven Dierkes fell into a vat of molten iron at Caterpillar’s Mapleton, Illinois, foundry on June 2, instantly incinerating him.

FAIR
View In: Labor and CourtsNotorious anti-union coffee giant Starbucks has won a major victory against both organized labor and press freedom. The post Trump Judge Allows Starbucks to Assail Press Freedom appeared first on FAIR.

California Expose
View In: Labor and CourtsHow employers get away with denying workers income they used to earn. The post You Probably Aren’t Getting Paid Overtime. Here’s Why. appeared first on .

Alternet.org
View In: Labor and CourtsYour life could get a lot more dangerous. Republican appointees on the Supreme Court seem poised to strip away basic safety standards for our workplaces, our food, our air and water.Congress gives federal agencies the authority to enact regulations that protect us in our daily lives. Congress define...

Democracy Now!
View In: Labor and CourtsIn Mexico, thousands of workers at the country’s largest General Motors plant have won a historic vote to form an independent union, breaking from a tradition of corrupt unions tied to elites who cut deals with corporations to keep wages and benefits low. We go to Guanajuato, Mexico, to speak with historia...

Jacobin Magazine
View In: Labor and CourtsOn Tuesday, Starbucks fired several leaders of an organizing drive at a Memphis, Tennessee store, one of more than fifty locations nationwide that are unionizing. Starbucks Workers United says that the company fired seven workers, “virtually the entire union leadership after they spoke to the media....