On November 17, 2011, the National Women’s Law Center held a celebratory panel to honor the forty-year old landmark Supreme Court decision that held the Equal Protection Clause applied to women. The “Reed v. Reed at 40: Equal Protection and Women’s Rights” panel was moderated by Nina Totenberg, NPR’s legal affairs correspondent, who posed questions …
With income inequality in the U.S. at its highest level since the Great Depression, Americans from every end of the income spectrum are clamoring for corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes. But because of the numerous tax loopholes and credits worked into the tax code, corporate taxes are at historical lows. Bank …
More from Alabama, where a delegation of African American labor and civil rights leaders is investigating the state’s recently passed anti-immigrant law. Follow the delegation here. A grade school child is there one day and gone the next. Dependable laborers don’t show up to pick crops on a farm. “It’s incredible,” said local AFT president Vi Parramore. I …
Fear of Anti-Immigration Law Leaves Empty Classrooms, Idle Farms Read More »
It’s no secret that to boost profits during a down economy, many retailers have put the squeeze on their employees to work longer and harder for less and less. That pressure only increases during the holiday season, when stores try to woo consumers with marathon sales and midnight openings. Workers are often forced to choose between …
37,000 Target Employees Sign Petition To Protest Working Long Hours On Thanksgiving Read More »
The labor movement, the union-owned financial services company Ullico and the state of Oregon are partnering in a $15 million “Cool Schools” initiative that includes repairs, rebuilding and energy retrofits. Says AFT President Randi Weingarten: We’re gratified that in working together, we can ensure that our children have access to facilities which help them reach their potential. …
Unions’ Partnership With Oregon’s Cool Schools Means Green Schools and Jobs Read More »
I tweeted earlier that the world would be a better place if more people had a more consistent view of the armed and un-armed forms of public sector workers. That prompted a rejoinder from at least some fans of the armed public sector that cops are running more risks than, say, librarians. This is true, …
Last month, President Obama announced that the United States will complete a troop withdrawal from Iraq, bringing home 39,000 troops by year’s end. America’s heroes will be returning home to a stagnant economy, a persistent housing crisis, and declining wages. It is fair to say that America is facing an unemployment epidemic that will continue …
With Veteran’s Day fast upon us, the airwaves are awash in the rhetoric of appreciation for the sacrifice of military servicemen and women, but the Supreme Court seems not to have gotten the message. On October 2, the Court denied review of an astonishingly cold-blooded Fifth Circuit decision holding that a federal law prohibiting employment …
A few things jump out from the results of the AFL-CIO’s post-election poll in Ohio (conducted by Hart Research Associates). Gov. John Kasich’s lousy polling isn’t just something people are telling pollsters without acting on—26 percent of people who voted for Kasich just a year ago reported voting against Issue 2, his signature legislation, Tuesday. Of …
Poll: Ohio Voters are Likely to Penalize Politicians for Issue 2 support Read More »
A lot of jobs that once were, aren’t coming back. Ever. To look for what isn’t there is a waste of time and an insult to your dignity. If you haven’t noticed, the world has changed — radically. The traditional yellow brick road to success and financial security has imploded. The path to a high-paying …
Stop Looking For a Job, Start Looking for an Opportunity Read More »
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.
