working conditions

Day 1 in the Newly Seated Kentucky Legislature Is About Attacking Working People

Leave a Comment / State Government / By max cyril

Kentucky Republican leaders, led by Gov. Matt Bevin, gained control of the state House, giving them control of the executive and legislative branches. Their first order of business? Go after working families. Bevin and the Republicans are pushing forward with several anti-worker resolutions. In the process, they have given more say in the state’s future …

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Transit Workers Reach Agreement to End Weeklong Strike in Philadelphia

Beyond the Fight for 15: The Worker-led Fast Food Union Campaign Building Power on the Shop Floor

As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

The summer of 2016 is barely two weeks old, but this year is already on track to break high temperature records in the United States. On June 20, cities across the Southwest and into Nevada reached all-time triple-digit highs. Meanwhile, every single state experienced spring temperatures above average, with some in the Northwest reaching record highs. These …

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UFCW Canada and Mexico’s Farm Workers Sign Historic Agreement

Leave a Comment / unions, workplace safety / By max cyril

The National Farm Workers’ Confederation (CNC) and United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada signed a historic agreement to ensure the rights of migrant agriculture workers are protected and defended in Mexico, Canada and the United States, reports UFCW Canada. The agreement, which was signed last week, will result in better conditions for migrant Mexican agriculture …

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Apple and Foxconn to Improve Working Conditions and Hours

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

Following lots and lots of terrible publicity around the wages, working conditions and hours faced by Chinese workers manufacturing its iPhones and iPads, Apple asked the Fair Labor Association, an organization widely described as independent although it is funded by the corporations it oversees, to look into working conditions in the factories of its Chinese …

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Getting on the BRT Bus: U.S. Cities Eye Mexico Program That Benefits Workers

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

MEXICO CITY—Almost any time of day on Avenida de los Insurgentes, one of Mexico City’s busiest streets, people crowd onto the constant parade of shiny red buses that pull up to platforms every few seconds, whisking passengers to different neighborhoods in the city of 22 million. This is the Metrobus system, one of the bus …

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Whaddya Gonna Do?

Leave a Comment / Workplace Conditions / By max cyril

Okay, I have a confession to make. I’m still a big Soprano’s fan. So this week’s blog is going to combine the number one question that everyone in business needs to ask themselves with a short homage to my favorite Jersey family. Capiche? “Whaddya Gonna Do?” This question is the closest thing to a mantra …

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Worst Jobs, Part 2

Leave a Comment / Workplace Conditions / By max cyril

Having written a column entitled Workplace911 and Working Wounded for fourteen years, as you can imagine, I hear from a lot of people with terrible jobs. Last time I addressed a few of my favorites, this week the worsts continue: Worst Interview (some worst jobs start even before you get the job) Worst Coworkers Worst …

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Worst Jobs, Part 1

Leave a Comment / Workplace Conditions / By max cyril

Let’s start with my qualifications to discuss “Worst Jobs.” For the last decade I’ve written an internationally syndicated work advice column called Workplace911 (formerly Working Wounded). With a name like that, you can imagine the emails I receive on a daily basis. One example, “I decided to put a photo of my family on the …

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Day 1 in the Newly Seated Kentucky Legislature Is About Attacking Working People

Transit Workers Reach Agreement to End Weeklong Strike in Philadelphia

Beyond the Fight for 15: The Worker-led Fast Food Union Campaign Building Power on the Shop Floor

As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer

UFCW Canada and Mexico’s Farm Workers Sign Historic Agreement

Apple and Foxconn to Improve Working Conditions and Hours

Getting on the BRT Bus: U.S. Cities Eye Mexico Program That Benefits Workers

Whaddya Gonna Do?

Worst Jobs, Part 2

Worst Jobs, Part 1

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