Corporate America

3 Blockbuster Supreme Court Cases that Could Spell Catastrophe for Workers and Consumers

Corporate America has been tireless in trying to sharply limit, or simply eliminate, all class action lawsuits. When corporations break the law by doing things such as not paying workers for time they work, paying women less than men, or by violating privacy rights in willful ways, Corporate America knows that workers and consumers can …

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The Great Training Wreck: Job Skills Deficits and Corporate-Backed Tech Schools

Worker training has emerged as a major flashpoint between labor and corporate leaders, igniting conflicts over low corporate tax rates, the offshoring of jobs and the low-skilled nature of most future job growth in America. First, corporate leaders have been insisting that a significant part of the unemployment problem is due not to the massive offshoring …

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Corporate Margins And Profits Are Increasing, But Workers’ Wages Aren’t

As we’ve been noting, corporate profits have made it back to their pre-recession heights (even if corporate tax revenue hasn’t followed suit). In fact, in 2011, corporate profits hit their highest level since 1950. But as Bloomberg News noted today, this hasn’t translated into wage growth or more purchasing power for workers: Companies are improving margins and generating …

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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.