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Trump’s NLRB Quietly Makes It Riskier To Wear Union Schwag at Work

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The Republican-controlled National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ended 2019 by rolling back another round of Obama-era regulations and handing down a number of pro-employer decisions. One of those rulings restricts workers from wearing union buttons and other pro-labor insignia. The Organization United for Respect at Walmart (Our Walmart) had challenged a company policy limiting the size of …

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California Assembly Bill 9 Expands the Statute of Limitation for Discrimination Claims

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Statutes of limitations, are designed to ensure that an alleged victim does not delay in making a claim for damages or other relief.  A long delay can deprive the defendant of the evidence necessary to fight the claim. By failing to act with reasonable diligence to pursue a claim, relevant document may be lost and …

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Trump Gets An F From Workers

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Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “great negotiator” and author of “The Art of the Deal,” promised to use his bargaining skills to help the American worker. Trump vowed to rewrite trade deals, stanch the offshoring of U.S. jobs and reinvigorate American manufacturing. His behavior tells a different story. Both of the trade deals he produced so far—the original United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement …

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Unions face another year of eroding membership as the war on workers continues

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The share of U.S. workers represented by a union ticked down slightly from 2018 to 2019, dropping from 11.7% to 11.6%; the share of U.S. workers who are union members also dropped from 10.5% to 10.3%. The overall number of workers represented by a union stayed about the same, growing by 3,000. (Interestingly, unions grew by 47,000 …

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How a 15-Hour Workweek Could Change Our Lives for the Better

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15-hour work • week noun 1. Exactly what it sounds like—less work for the same money I work nearly three times that much now. Is this normal? Sadly, yes. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development shows that American workers put in an average of 1,786 hours annually, 200 more hours than their British and French peers. …

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Childcare costs are sucking U.S. parents dry and still leaving early childhood teachers in poverty

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Parents in the U.S. pay a staggering amount for care for their young children—and here, as in so many other areas, the support they get from their government falls short of what peer nations provide. A new report from the Economic Policy Institute shows just how big the problem is, and what it’s costing the economy. …

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Marriott’s ‘green choice’ isn’t so green, and it’s hurting workers

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Why would environmental organizations like the Sierra Club, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and 350.org have signed a pledge that they wouldn’t use a hotel chain’s environmental program? Because Marriott’s “Make a Green Choice” program, in which hotel guests are asked to opt out of having their rooms cleaned during a stay, is a classic case of …

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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act takes a step forward in the House, this week in the war on workers

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act took a step toward a full House vote on Wednesday when it passed in the House Committee on Education and Labor. “The federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) would explicitly require employers to make reasonable accommodations for women with pregnancy-related limitations absent undue hardship to the employer—the same familiar process in place …

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Trump Labor Department gives big companies the go-ahead to exploit franchise workers

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The Trump Labor Department is taking action to protect massive corporations from their low-wage workers seeking justice in court, because the Trump Labor Department, currently headed by Eugene Scalia, is all about putting a boot on the neck of workers. The department is finalizing a rule making it more difficult for workers at franchise businesses or contractors—like fast food …

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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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