Stories tagged: "workers rights"
As the nation’s busiest shopping day approaches, the economic pain endured by millions of low-income and unemployed Americans is growing.
With the impending confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, labor experts are concerned that a 6-3 conservative court could further erode worker protections.
The Trump administration proposed a new rule this week that could make it more difficult for some workers to be classified as employees.
"We've definitely seen a lot more people inquiring about labor rights: how to join a union or how to create a union.”
Workers from the service industry and the gig economy rallied with organized labor Monday to protest systemic racism and economic inequality.
Tens of thousands of frontline workers across the country are going on strike Monday to protest systemic racism and police brutality and to demand that corporations and the government take action to address white supremacy, end economic exploitation of Black workers, and allow all workers to unionize.
