California Low-Wage Workers Lose $2B A Year To Wage Theft

The Economic Policy Institute says California low-wage workers lose $2 billion a year to employer wage theft. That's how much it costs minimum wage workers when employers violate minimum wage and overtime laws. On average, EPI says, workers who should be getting the minimum wage are losing $64 a week - roughly $3300 a year.

CWA 3176 Up With Century Tel Does Not Care Web Site - Strike Is Authorized

CWA Local 3176 has launched a web site called centuryteldoesnotcare.com to explain what workers at Century Tel are fighting for in a new labor contract. The local rejected the company''s latest offer and has authorized a strike.

Majority Of Charter School Teachers At Cesar Chavez School In DC Want To Go Union

The American Federation of Teachers says a "decisive majority" of teachers have filed a petition with the NLRB to have a union election at Cesar Chavez Prep Middle school in Washington, D.C.

OPEIU Hauls Menards Stands Before A Judge For First Time On Federal Labor Law Violations

Menard's - the midwest home improvement chain owned by billionaire Scott Walker supporter John Menard - is on trial for breaking federal labor law. The National Labor Relations Board trial starts Wednesday in Minneapolis. Menard's is accused of mis-classifying truckers as independent contractors rather than employees to avoid granting the workers labor law protections and rights. OPEIU's Seth Goldstein brought the case.

Workers Battle Concessions, Legislative Attacks - 'This Is Not Connecticut, It's Arkansas'

Connecticut public workers are facing demands from Democrat Governor Dan Malloy for $700 million in concessions. At the same time public worker unions there are contending with dozens of anti-union bills from Republicans in the state legislature. Here's Lori Pelletier, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, speaking at a legislative hearing about the attack on collective bargaining and unions in one of America's richest states.

Tesla Worker Injury Rates Exceed Industry Average As Workers Mount Union Organizing Drive

Tesla Motors may be modern and cutting edge with its electric vehicles, but it's old school when it comes to worker safety. Worksafe, a California group pushing for safer conditions for workers, says Tesla's worker injury rate "consistently exceeded industry averages". The group's report says Tesla's worker injury rate at its Fremont California plant is a third higher than average. For serious workplace injuries, it's more than twice the industry average rate.

Youngstown Education Association Defends Public Schools, Unions Against Nationwide Attack

The Youngstown Education Association (YEA) is mobilizing to defend public education in the face of an Ohio law putting a CEO is charge of public schools.

Teamsters Solidarity Works! Anti-Union Star Fisheries Ordered To Reinstate Strikers

Teamsters Local 572 Secretary-Treasurer Rick Middleton. He's talking about a worker victory at Star Fisheries in San Pedro, California. A federal district court judge ordered the striking workers reinstated to their jobs.

Bernie Sanders Blasts Trump Budget Director For Serving The Billionaire Class

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders pulled no punches in a recent hearing blasting Trump budget director Mick Mulvaney for a budget that takes massive amounts of money from programs serving the poor in order to give to the rich.

AFL-CIO, Teamsters Sue Kentucky Over Anti-Union Law

The Kentucky AFL-CIO and Teamsters Local 89 are suing to overturn the anti-union Kentucky Right To Work Act. The law took away the right of union workers to include dues payments in their collective bargaining agreement with employers.

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