Workers' Rights

Strawberry pickers fired for leaving in wildfire

United Farm Workers helped 15 ununionized workers fight back after they were fired for walking off job during fires VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, May 8, 2013 5:22 PM UTC
News Video, California, Wildfire, Unions

Database entries, often based on no more than suspicion, can have a worker banned from the industry

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 6:25 PM UTC
Technology theft, Retail, database, employees

Providing paid sick leave for workers is rapidly becoming a national Democratic priority. Oppose it at your peril

Randy LoBasso Friday, Mar 29, 2013 4:33 PM UTC 10
Working Ahead Philadelphia, Michael Nutter

Employers can't fire workers for collectively criticizing their workplace online

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 7:43 PM UTC
Technology Twitter, Facebook, Social Media

UPDATE: The retailer stopped working with 50 fire risk factories, but photos show Wal-Mart clothes in fire wreckage

Natasha Lennard Monday, Nov 26, 2012 5:45 PM UTC
News Factory, Factory fire, Bangladesh

A "serious" game takes aim at working conditions in China — and gets killed off

Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, Oct 15, 2012 8:13 PM UTC
Technology Workers' Rights, Foxconn, iPad

Cornell and Oberlin have both broken ties with the sportswear giant over treatment of factory workers

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 8:53 PM UTC
Life Sweat Shops, Oberlin University