Every week in the south, workers organize new unions, they bargain for new contracts, they fight for good legislation and against bad legislation, and they put the boss in their place. Here are all the stories we could find from Friday, March 20 to Friday, April 3: New Campaigns 681 workers in 13 bargaining units…
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Boss Watch
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Boss Watch: 4/3 – 4/10
Every day across the south workers are killed on the job, stolen from, discriminated against, or sexually harassed. Sometimes the employers are caught. Here are a few stories from last week: Louisiana Discriminators The Cogar Group, Ltd., a Fairfax, Virginia-based security services company operating in several states, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate…
NEWS
AL Company Helping Distant Communities, But Neglecting Their Own. Community Coalition Wants To Change That.
A new group called “Good Neighbors Alabama” has been making quite a splash over the last few weeks since it was formed, particularly regarding their protest of an Alabama-based company’s treatment — or rather mistreatment — of its employees after a detailed and critical report was released by Jobs To Move America. (READ MORE)