Workers’ rights are human rights. They don’t come from laws — they come from being human. In the Workers Rights section, we report on the right to organize and bargain collectively, the right to a decent standard of living, and the right to be treated fairly and with dignity.
Change to Win and Demos teamed up to consider how government can raise workplace standards.
BrucePac has offered reinstatement and back pay to three of the 17 union supporters it fired in June 2009.
Sharing information about wages, benefits, and working conditions is a protected right, even in nonunion workplaces.
Oregon’s Worker Freedom Act has survived its first court challenge. In a May 6 ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman dismissed a lawsuit by two business groups that wanted the union-authored state law struck
BrucePac broke labor law when it fired workers for supporting a union campaign, says a federal judge.
By DON McINTOSH, Associate Editor Two business groups, Associated Oregon Industries (AOI) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have chosen a union campaign at Silverton, Oregon, headquartered BrucePac as the test case in their lawsuit
Cooked meat producer BrucePac fired at least 17 union supporters just weeks into a union campaign.
The strike had a broad impact on labor, says Georgetown University history professor Joseph McCartin.
In a series of job actions, over 100 Broadway Cab drivers oppose a money grab by the company.
