The Right-Wing Zombie Lie About Public Workers That Just Won’t Die Posted on 06 February 2012 By Sarah Jaffe AlterNet With the new year, we’ve seen a new round of attacks on working people. Just last week, Arizona Republicans introduced a bill attacking public workers that makes Wisconsin’s look mild by comparison. And just in [...]
Advocates for domestic workers bill stay stubborn and strong for equal rights Jessica Buchleitner – WNN Features (WNN) San Francisco, CALIFORNIA, U.S.: While employed as a “home-care worker,” Teresa, a Mexican national, often returned to her own home after a day of work demeaned and discouraged. She didn’t talk about it at first, but often [...]
February 6, 2012, 11:40 am Really? The Claim: Long Work Hours Can Cause Depression By ANAHAD O’CONNOR THE FACTS Routinely putting in extra hours at the office can put a strain on your social life. But can too much overtime cause depression? Scientists put the question to the test in a study of more than [...]
Not only does California have more than 2 million unemployed workers, but nearly half of them have been jobless for 27 weeks or more, according to new data assembled by the state Department of Employment Development. “Between May 2007 and February 2011, the number of people who were jobless 27 weeks or more in California [...]
Big company CEOs got a 23 percent raise last year and corporate profits are at record highs. But the minimum wage has less buying power now than in 1956 – the year Elvis Presley first topped the charts, videotape was breakthrough technology and the Dow closed above 500 for the very first time. It’s no [...]
Wage theft a scourge for low-income workers — It’s part of a national scourge known as wage theft. More than two-thirds of low-wage workers reported some type of pay-related law violation, according to a 2009 report by the National Employment Law Project, which interviewed 4,387 front-line workers in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. San [...]
‘Discouraged workers’ leaving labor force, even as economy is adding jobs – Where did all the workers go? The labor force — those who have a job or are looking for one — is getting smaller, even though the economy is growing and steadily adding jobs. http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_18190752?source=rss
Voters Injured At Work To Launch “Empower Yourself” Campaign: YouTube Channel Video to feature Dolores Huerta VotersInjuredatWork.org, a nonprofit California group fighting for medical care and disability compensation for those injured on the job, has announced that it will launch an “Empower Yourself” campaign for injured workers on Wednesday, July 22, with a new video [...]