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A joint effort between contractors and building trades unions has led to stronger enforcement of state laws on public construction – making a big dent in cheating and recovering nearly $1 million in stolen wages and benefits.
The field of personnel economics is crowded with academic studies on how employers can screen workers and avoid hiring bad employees, but little work has been done on how workers can do the same with employers.
Do you think you might be a victim of wage theft? Here are some warning signs and some steps you can take.
Simply passing more laws will not stop wage theft. This complex problem requires a network of solutions, including greater education on workplace rights, more organizing by workers themselves and improved government enforcement.
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Local union members of color delivered a strong message to the visiting Labor Commission on Racial and Economic Justice: Hear us. Help us. Include us. To ensure a future for the labor movement, support us on a path to leadership.
Demonstrators blocked several downtown Minneapolis intersections Thursday morning as part of a week of activities focused on higher wages, corporate responsibility and end to income disparities.
Parents, students and community members rallied with members of the St. Paul Federation of Teachers outside school buildings across the city Wednesday morning, demanding progress in contract talks between SPFT and the St. Paul Public Schools.
The nationwide movement towards enacting paid parental and family leave laws took two more steps in February, with a jam-packed hearing before the Washington, D.C., City Council and re-introduction of paid leave in the Maryland Legislature.
Top union leaders criticized President Barack Obama’s federal budget proposal for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 for Obama’s insistence on keeping the so-called “Cadillac tax” on high-cost health insurance plans.