Wage Theft Rises in Hurricane Harvey Cleanup
HOUSTON, Tex.—With much of the work cleaning up debris from Hurricane Harvey being done by undocumented immigrants, wage theft has spiked since the late-August storm flooded the area.
HOUSTON, Tex.—With much of the work cleaning up debris from Hurricane Harvey being done by undocumented immigrants, wage theft has spiked since the late-August storm flooded the area.
RALEIGH, N.C.—North Carolina’s Farm Labor Organizing Committee filed a suit Nov. 15 challenging a state law that sharply restricts union activity in agriculture.
WASHINGTON—A bill introduced in Congress Nov. 16 would attempt to salvage the country’s floundering multiemployer pension plans thorough a combination of federal loans and insurance.
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court will not review a lower-court ruling holding that Illinois child-care providers and home health-care assistants cannot refuse to be represented by the Service Employees International Union.
New York, NY – In response to industry concerns New York City has updated laundry licensing requirements. DCA is changing its application requirements so businesses can apply for new laundry
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—With the Supreme Court likely to eliminate fair-share fees for public-sector unions next year—in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees—California’s unions are preparing to absorb
Here we go again. The Republicans have once again repackaged and offered up to the people good old fashioned supply side economics. So, once more it is the task of
(WESTERN NEW YORK) – So-called “Union Boss” Jacqui Berger’s Amherst Town Council victory punctuated November 7’s Election Day Results in Western New York, and prompted Area AFL-CIO Labor Federation (WNYALF)
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Staff at DNAinfo/Gothamist sacked when owner Joseph Ricketts decided to close the operation rather than accept a union will receive three months of full pay and benefits plus
New York, NY – On this week’s episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, Virginia Delegate-Elect Lee Carter talks about November 7’s “blue wave” and how he defied the Democratic Party