…it has control over “nearly every aspect of its restaurants’ operations.” Read more Canada Supreme Court Upholds Workers’ Right to Strike The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Jan. 30 that…
…human-resources executives, with more at 30% and 45%, but winning exclusive representation would still require a majority. The United Auto Workers, who lost an election at the plant in February,…
…at comedy and drama,” union President Ken Howard said. “He was not only a talented man, but a true humanitarian.” “Robin Williams was one of us progressives with a heart…
…meetings with workers and human resources where the workers had to explain what they were doing in the bathroom.” WaterSaver CEO Steve Kersten said he thought workers were sneaking into…
…side of the unions,” Rabbi Jill Jacobs, head of T’ruah, a rabbinical human-rights organization, explained at a June 18 meeting. The school board is ignoring that, and it also claims…
…two-thirds of the Municipal Transportation Authority’s buses, light-rail vehicles, streetcars and cable cars weren’t running, officials said. The Muni’s 2,200 operators, represented by Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, are not…
Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel AFSCME Rips Detroit Pension Ruling After a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Dec. 3 that Detroit could cut pensions to pay off its other…
…insurance, and repairs—deductions that reduced one driver’s weekly pay to $12.90. “They’ve taken from us everything that a human being needs to have a decent life,” said Daniel Linares, a…
…Senate’s rules and permit confirmations by majority vote rather than the 60 now presently required. Additionally, President Obama agreed to withdraw two of his original nominees. Three Democrats and two…
…the ACLU, who went on to hold top positions at Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Foundations—has denounced economic rights as “profoundly undemocratic” and “authoritarian,” rejected Article 23 of…
