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August 5, 2015

Former Sports Broadcaster Thinks He Shouldn’t Have Been Fired Over Anti-Gay Statements

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Craig James is a former professional football player and longtime sports broadcaster who, in 2012, took time off from his broadcasting career to mount an unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate. During that campaign, according to a lawsuit James filed Monday, he opposed equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, and called upon “Christians” to …

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Bar Owner Eliminates Tips So He Can Pay Cooks And Dishwashers A Living Wage

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Portland, Oregon’s new bar Loyal Legion doesn’t just offer customers 99 different beer choices. It also requires them to pay zero in tips. When owner Kurt Huffman opened the bar, he wanted to figure out to deal with a problem plaguing all of his establishments: the nearly impossible search to hire talented staff in the …

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Why Unions Supported a Single-Payer Bill That Passed New York’s State Assembly

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New York’s State Assembly in May overwhelmingly passed a bill to establish a single-payer-style health care system. The bill isn’t expected to pass the Senate or be signed into law anytime soon. But getting it through, with unprecedented support from big unions, shows that state-level campaigns are still a fertile ground for health care justice …

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Duquesne’s NLRB Filing Reads as a Brazen Threat To Adjunct Union Organizers

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Union busting has become big business in America. It’s so common that the run-of-the-mill variety hardly raises an eyebrow. Employers regularly hire anti-union consultants and hold captive audience meetings laced with subtle and not-so-subtle threats of disciplinary action or firings. But every once in a while, employers try a novel union-busting tactic. In Pittsburgh, in …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.

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