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Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “Are Home Health Care Workers About to Get Screwed by the Supreme Court?”

Harris v. Quinn could take away their collective bargaining rights. That would be a loss for not only these workers, but our nation’s.

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Peter Rachleff, “The Mall of America, free speech, and the labor movement”

From early childhood to old age, a “rights discourse” dominates Americans’ sense of the world and our place in it. Governments around the.

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Jessican Wilkerson, “Remembering the Mothers Who Fought for Food Assistance”

I recently had a conversation with a family member—let’s call her Sally—who is convinced that our cousin, who is poor and struggles with.

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Peter Rachleff, “Hormel to WalMart: Low-wage workers protest, organize”

Last week thousands of fast food, retail, and other service sector workers initiated a series of protests across the country, including one day.

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James B. Leonard, “Don’t weaken labor law’s ‘hot goods’ provision”

Migrant farmworkers, particularly hand-harvest laborers, are frequently paid less than the minimum wage. Many growers rely on shady farm labor contractors to recruit.

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Michael Honey, “Who stole the American dream and how can we get it back?”

We recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington for Jobs.

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Peter Cole, “Don’t weaken fair labor standards”

Anyone care to return to the days of child labor? How about the times when employers did not have to pay a minimum.

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Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “Who cares for those who care?”

In 2009, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the majority, in Long Island Care at Home vs. Evelyn Coke upheld the.

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Brian Greenberg, “Labor unions to focus on cementing partnerships”

In a June 2, 1897, letter to the New York Journal, Mark Twain responded to newspaper accounts that he either was seriously ill.

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Sarah Rose and Joshua Salzmann, “Our nation of bionic workers”

As Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez prepares to appeal his 211-game suspension, seeking the $86 million remaining on his contract, it would be.

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