…keeps workers on the job, creates a real safety net for the unemployed, and prohibits companies from using government assistance to lay us off, cut our benefits, or enrich themselves.” …
…NYTWA is advising drivers to ensure they have enough to cover food, utilities, medicine, and phone and Internet service so they can keep going for the next two to three…
…and transportation industries have been laid off. Entertainment venues, professional sports, and tourist sites from Disney World in Florida to Seattle’s Space Needle have shut down voluntarily or under “social…
…have enabled workers whose claims are likely to succeed to freeze their employer’s assets, paralleling the “mechanic’s lien” that a landscaper or construction contractor can use against homeowners who haven’t…
…us,” she says. “They’re [often] looked upon as not strong enough and we’re [often] looked at as not smart enough. We’re fighting the same struggles — and at the end…
…Merlino. “Unfortunately, it’s a game big insurance companies are playing and who’s paying for it are the hardworking men and women who get injured at work.” said Merlino. “You can…
…and simulated sex –throughout the entire production process. SAG-AFTRA believes that implementation of these standards and protocols will allow productions to run more efficiently, provide a safety net for performers…
MONTREAL, QUEBEC—More than 100 workers who refuel the planes at two Montreal airports went on strike Dec. 31, after working under an expired contract since August. Swissport Canada, the airports’…
…the Tucson-based subsidiary of the Mexican conglomerate Grupo México, has instead been using strikebreakers—which could violate the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement approved by the House Dec. 19. The deal…
…of wage theft. The Securing Wages Earned Against Theft (SWEAT) bill, passed by the state Legislature last June, would have established an “employee’s lien” to parallel the “mechanic’s lien” that a landscaper or…
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