October 3, 2016
In a victory for working people, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released regulations implementing President Obama’s executive order to require federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to people who work for them. These regulations keep the federal government on pace to implement its paid sick leave rule by… Read More»
Tags: Executive order, Family values @ work, Obama Administration, Paid Leave, paid sick, sick days, working while sick, workplace regulations
March 28, 2016
Court rooms. Emergency rooms. Classrooms. Chances are you could name a dozen television series that center around these workplaces. And with 13 million people working in retail around the country, you’d think we’d see lots of depictions of the women and men who stock store shelves, help us find our… Read More»
Tags: Cloud 9, El Super, Ellen Bravo, Family values @ work, National Labor Relations Board, paid family leave, Superstore, unionbusting, Wilma Liebman