Good ol' regulatory capture: Department of Agriculture edition from Tom Philpott: Their comments focus on three Hormel-associated plants, which are among just five hog facilities enrolled in a pilot inspection.
On February 24, 1908, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Muller v. Oregon. This landmark decision upheld the idea that, at least for women, laws restricting the hours of.
Unfortunately, it's not really news that a lot of employers steal the wages of their workers and that immigrant workers are especially vulnerable to this problem given how many lack.
Not surprisingly, anti-union groups have responded to reasonable moderate Sam Alito's call for a good case to overturn the 1977 Abood decision that allows public sector unions to charge fees.
I haven't read Steve Fraser's new book, The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power, but after reading this review, I sure.
Walmart has announced a pay raise for its workers. The company said it would pay even its lowest-level workers at least $9 an hour starting this spring, comfortably above the.
I guess I am supposed to care that Nicholas Kristof now supports unions. Or so he says. Kristof usually only supports a cause if he can personally parachute in to.
Trish Kahle has an interesting piece at Jacobin on the potential for alliance between striking United Steelworkers' refinery workers and environmentalists over safety conditions at the plants. Certainly environmentalists like.
