People who work for McDonald’s say they’ve had to put up with groping, lewd comments and offers of cash in exchange for sexual favors and the company has looked the other way. But McDonald’s has the power to crack down on sexual harassment at its stores. It can increase punishment… Read More»
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Four hundred people who make beloved, iconic marshmallow Peeps and other candies in Bethlehem, Pa., made the hard decision to go out on strike on September 7. Despite soaring profits, the corporation they work for–Just Born Inc.–wants to bully them into agreeing to eliminate their hard-earned pension plan and make… Read More»
Working people at Taylor Farms who chop tomatoes and peppers in California for Chipotle have had enough. Taylor Farms has illegally fired, spied on, threatened and retaliated against the men and women at its Tracy, California plant for joining together and earning a safe and fair return on their work.… Read More»
Nearly 1,000 working people at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City made the hard decision to go on strike on July 1. They’re striking to create a better workplace for everyone working in casinos. After surviving Donald Trump’s bankruptcies, the staff at the casino were dealt a bad deal… Read More»
Nike recently announced it would no longer allow its factories to be inspected by independent monitors from the Worker Rights Consortium, instead insisting it would only allow inspections by an organization notorious for whitewashing sweatshop abuses – an organization funded by the very same companies it claims to monitor. As… Read More»
39,000 men and women walked off their jobs at Verizon and Verizon Wireless more than two weeks ago. Even though Verizon made billions of dollars in profit last year, executives are demanding life-altering sacrifices from the people whose hard work makes the company run. But this fight is bigger than… Read More»
Betsy, Dan, Isaac and more than 39,000 people who work for Verizon are on strike because they will do whatever it takes to create a better workplace for themselves and those that follow. They’re standing together to make sure they can earn a fair return on their work, instead of… Read More»
Executives at Mondelēz, the parent company of Nabisco, are about to fire 600 people in Chicago who make Oreos and other beloved snack food products as Mondelēz moves production to a factory out of the country. This announcement came just a year after the company’s CEO, Irene Rosenfeld, received a… Read More»
More than 13.5 million working men and women could soon be eligible for important overtime protections that until now they’ve been excluded from – but only if we jump into action today. This summer, the U.S. Department of Labor is expected to implement a new overtime rule, which would raise… Read More»
