Stories tagged: "workers rights"

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Jobs Why Kickstarter’s New Union Could Be Huge For Tech Workers

Employees at the Brooklyn-based company are now the first white collar, full-time employees at a major tech company to successfully unionize.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil February 19, 2020 3:35 pm EST
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Law and Order Philadelphia’s public defenders, who handle 70% of the city’s criminal cases, vote to unionize

Union membership in Pennsylvania is growing, even as it's declining nationwide.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil December 6, 2019 10:58 am EST
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Work Philadelphia becomes second US city to give domestic workers rights

“Other people’s homes are their workplaces and we need to lay out what the responsibilities are of the workers and of the employers so that work can be respected.”

Kimberly Lawson Kimberly Lawson November 4, 2019 6:19 pm EST