The story is very familiar. It comes right out of the extreme, pro-corporate playbook. In this case, literally.
West Virginia, the Latest Battlefront in the Conservative Assault on Working People
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West Virginia, the Latest Battlefront in the Conservative Assault on Working People
NLRB Judge Rules Walmart Wrongly Fired Strikers
An administrative law judge at the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Walmart retaliated against workers for participating in strikes. Walmart claimed that the workers’ actions were not protected under the National Labor Relations Act and that it was legitimate to fire the employees for violating the company’s attendance policy. Judge Geoffrey Carter ruled against Walmart.
Source: AFL-CIO Now Blog
Check Out These Inspiring Highlights from the Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference
If you weren’t able to make it to Washington, D.C., for the 2016 AFL-CIO Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference, you can see highlights from the inspiring event in this new video from the Transport Workers (TWU).
Source: AFL-CIO Now Blog
Where Are the Jobs? New Reports Show TPP Fails Workers
When it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the operative question for Americans to ask is “Where are the Jobs?” According to two new independent analyses, they’re nonexistent.
Source: AFL-CIO Now Blog
Here’s Some History to Help Understand the Racial Wealth Gap
Next month is Black History Month. We will hear stories about black Americans and their successes in this country against the barriers (slavery, Jim Crow, poll tax just to name a few) thrown in their paths. Yet for every success story, there is still the nagging fact that the median net wealth of white households is 12.2 times greater than that of black households.
Source: AFL-CIO Now Blog
New Report: A Year of the Raising Wages Agenda
Marking nearly one year since the first-ever Raising Wages Summit, the AFL-CIO today released a new report detailing the successes, struggles and path ahead to raise wages for working people.
Source: AFL-CIO Now Blog
Talk About Your Salary in the Fight for Pay Equality
Something we can do right now to combat pay inequality in the workplace is talk with our co-workers about our salaries. While Congress works to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to address the multiple barriers to pay equality, knowing our rights could help us now.
Source: AFL-CIO Now Blog
Change the Rules, Be the Power: Highlights of the Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference
This past weekend, more than 1,000 participants attended the 2016 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference, the largest edition of the conference yet. This year’s theme was Change the Rules, Be the Power, and here are some social media highlights of the conference.
Source: AFL-CIO Now Blog