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The Movement to End At-Will Employment Is Getting Serious

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On March 31, a group of worker centers, unions, community groups and policy organizations in Illinois officially formed a new coalition, Stable Jobs Now, that aims to dramatically shift the power balance between workers and bosses by eliminating ?“at-will” employment?—?the practice that allows employers to fire their employees on a whim. In most of the rest of the world, workers are …

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New York City fast food workers to get a major new job protection, this week in the war on workers

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The New York City Council voted to dramatically strengthen protections for fast food workers with two bills this week, both supported by Mayor Bill de Blasio. The really big deal bill would ban fast food restaurants from firing workers without just cause—that means workers could only (“only”) be fired for performance issues or other serious problems, not just …

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SCOTUS Is on the Verge of Decimating Public-Sector Unions—But Workers Can Still Fight Back

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On Thursday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Janus vs. AFSCME, the case that will likely turn the entire public sector labor movement into a “right-to-work” zone. Like a lazy Hollywood remake, the case has all the big money behind it that last year’s Friedrichs v. CTA did, with none of the creativity. In Friedrichs, the plaintiffs argued that …

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Workers May Have Just Killed Missouri’s Right to Work Law

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In a badly needed victory for organized labor, a coalition of workers’ rights groups in Missouri is poised to halt a devastating new anti-union law from taking effect later this month. The deceptively named “right-to-work” (RTW) legislation—quickly passed and signed into law this February by Missouri’s new Republican governor, Eric Greitens—would prohibit unions in private …

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The Legal Argument That Could Overturn ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws Around the Country

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Union supporters had reason to cheer earlier this month when Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s hated “right to work” law was overturned by a Dane County Circuit Judge. Unfortunately, the decision is all but certain to be overturned by Wisconsin’s conservative Supreme Court. But contained in the case is a line of questioning over the constitutionality …

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Viewpoint: A Smart Strategy to Defeat ‘Right to Work’

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Viewpoint: A Smart Strategy to Defeat ‘Right to Work’ March 17, 2015 / Rand Wilson Without aggressive action, the right-to-work tsunami will sweep more states. “Just Cause for All” campaigns should be part of the strategy. Wisconsin is now the 25th state to adopt a so-called “right-to-work” law, which allows workers to benefit from collective …

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How “Right to Work Shirk” Laws Kill Jobs – and Hurt All of Us

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Michigan’s recent battle makes this a good time to explain the union movement’s important role in our economy’s overall health. We’re about to explain why today’s war on unions is bad for all of us, no matter what we do for a living, and we’ll do it in four steps. But first a word about …

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Attack on Middle-Class Jobs, Workers Is Nationwide

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The incredible response and mobilizations against the coordinated attacks on workers’ rights and middle-class jobs in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana have grabbed most of the media spotlight during the past few weeks. But there are other serious assaults under way in dozens of states, pushed by corporate CEOs and their Republican puppets. Perhaps flying lowest under …

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Wisconsin Rally for Workers Grows to 30,000

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A massive protest against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s attempt to eliminate collective bargaining rights for state workers entered its second day in Madison with as many as 30,000 people, according to some estimates. More demonstrations are expected tomorrow. Also for more information and to help support Wisconsin workers, visit the Facebook page of Protect Wisconsin …

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“But I Signed An Independent Contractor Agreement…”

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs In On Workforce Classification Under California Law Every time I review an independent contractor agreement I find myself humming George and Ira Gershwin’s song, It Ain’t Necessarily So from Porgy and Bess. In California, at least, such agreements do not prove that a worker is an independent contractor. …

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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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