On AlterNet: labor rights

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "labor rights"

Conservatives Fight to Let Corporate Bosses Break Laws Protecting Their Workers

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 23, 2011.

A sizable share of corporate America's lackeys hold the view that American companies should be able to violate our labor laws with impunity.

HBO's Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Documentary: Is History Bound to Repeat Itself?

Marcia G. Yerman, AlterNet. March 25, 2011.

Interviews with labor experts and relatives of those lost in the fire illuminate the importance of labor protection laws.

Enraged About Corporate Greed? Kidnap Your Boss

Christopher Ketcham, AlterNet. April 30, 2009.

The French have taken to bossnapping -- "sequestering" their bosses while keeping them comfortable and safe -- to protest economic unfairness.

Can Unions Win Without the Employee Free Choice Act?

Staff, Labor Notes. March 18, 2009.

Everybody would rather have the choice of EFCA rules, but unions still have to organize and empower workers.

"Can My Employer Do That to Me?" Find Out If You're Being Treated Fairly

Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. March 13, 2009.

Labor and employment laws are complicated beasts. A new website launched by the Chicago-based national group Interfaith Worker Justice offers help.

Unionbusting Firms Profiting from Corporate America's Fear of Workers' Rights

Art Levine, Huffington Post. March 12, 2009.

"Union avoidance" firms are marketing "Employee Free Choice Act Defense Kits" for $5,000 a set.

Don't Make Auto Workers Pay the Tab for Corporate Greed

Mary Shaw, AlterNet. December 23, 2008.

Labor is used to making concessions -- the executives are not. And look where that got us.

Black/Brown Coalition Fueled Big Union Win

David Bacon, New America Media. December 22, 2008.

The successful union strategy relied on uniting a diverse workforce of African Americans, Puerto Ricans and immigrant Mexicans.

Autoworkers Forced to Take Concessions in Industry Bailout

Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. December 20, 2008.

Yet another example of the right-wing agenda to do away with labor rights.

Chicago Workers Beat Back the Bankers' Attempt to Hold on to Bailout Cash

David Bacon, TruthOut.org. December 16, 2008.

Can direct action on the part of workers overturn American corporatism?

Obama: Stop the Great American Wage Rip-Off!

Kim Bobo, Dissent Magazine. December 5, 2008.

Wage theft is a widespread crisis affecting millions of U.S. workers from whom billions of dollars are stolen each year.

Toyota Driving Automakers' Global Race to the Bottom

Barbara Briggs, CorpWatch. September 30, 2008.

The costs of the car giant's endless search for greater "efficiency" are borne by workers.

The Department of Labor in the Bush Years: A Damage Assessment

Rep. George Miller, Huffington Post. September 3, 2008.

Under Bush, the Labor department has been stacked against workers' rights.

Recognition of Muslim Holiday Stirs Fury in Tennessee

Kim Bobo, Religion Dispatches. August 26, 2008.

A labor contract that accommodates the religious practices of a Tennessee plant's Muslim workers has unleashed a firestorm of controversy.

Whistle-Blower: Agency Tasked with Protecting American Workers Fails to Protect its Own

Carole Bass, AlterNet. July 27, 2008.

OSHA, inspect thyself.

Immigration: "They Work Here, They Live Here, They Stay Here."

Marie Kennedy, Chris Tilly, Dollars and Sense. July 24, 2008.

In France, a movement to legalize the sans-papiers is afoot.

Victory for Tomato Pickers' Fight Against Burger King

Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. May 29, 2008.

Now that a deal with Burger King has been signed, it's time to go after WalMart, Whole Foods and the other big supermarket chains.

Fired UAW Organizers: Shortcuts Hurt Unions in South

Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. March 11, 2008.

The “Freightliner Five” were fired after leading a strike against givebacks.

Hey Dude, Where's My Vacation?

David Moberg, In These Times. June 23, 2007.

America is the richest country in the world -- so why does this country deny its workers mandated paid vacations and sick days?