Labor News
Governor Murphy Signs Pro-Worker Unemployment Insurance Benefits Bill
Posted OnApril 25, 2023 byTRENTON – Governor Murphy today signed A4772/S3215, which concerns unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for workers during labor disputes. This bill addresses certain loopholes that currently prevent workers participating in labor disputes, such as strikes, from receiving access to UI benefits. “Unemployment insurance benefits should be a universal right for individuals who have recently lost their jobs,…Read More…
US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RECOVERS $633K IN BACK WAGES FOR 84 WORKERS FOR VIOLATIONS BY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEVELOPMENT SITE’S SUBCONTRACTORS
Posted OnMarch 22, 2023 byWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $633,029 in back wages for 84 workers denied their full wages and benefits by subcontractors involved in construction of an affordable housing development funded by the District of Columbia. Three offices of the department’s Wage and Hour Division conducted investigations of six subcontractors hired to work on The…Read More…
Why ‘right-to-work’ was always wrong for Michigan
Posted OnMarch 16, 2023 byThe Michigan state legislature is poised to make history this week by repealing an anti-union “right-to-work” (RTW) statute enacted in 2012. This repeal is an important step toward empowering workers to address historic levels of income inequality and unequal power in our economy, and would mark the first time a state has repealed a RTW law in nearly 60 years. For…Read More…
Manhattan D.A. Sets Up Worker Protection Unit
Posted OnFebruary 21, 2023 byFebruary 20, 2023 – Neal Tepel LaborPress Publisher – LaborPress Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., has announced the creation of the Office’s Worker Protection Unit to investigate and prosecute wage theft and other forms of worker harassment and exploitation across Manhattan’s many industries. “At the Manhattan D.A.’s office, we’re holding accountable companies and…Read More…
Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a nightmare
Posted OnJanuary 24, 2023 byFollowing Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of welders and pipefitters were recruited from India to come to the Gulf Coast to repair oil rigs. But when they arrived in the U.S., it was nothing like what they were promised. Labor organizer Saket Soni first heard about the situation when he received a midnight phone call from an…Read More…
Unions and Video Games
Posted OnJanuary 24, 2023 byBy German Lopez onight, tens of millions of Americans will wind down from a day of work or school with a leisure activity that did not exist a century ago: video games. Until fairly recently, games were considered a niche hobby, typically associated with children. But the industry has grown widely in recent decades. About…Read More…
Wage theft often goes unpunished despite state systems meant to combat it
Posted OnJanuary 24, 2023 byIf someone steals money from their employer, they could be guilty of a serious crime. But what if an employer takes money from their employee’s paychecks? There’s a good chance they’ll get away with it, a CBS News investigation found. Whether it’s paying less than minimum wage, withholding tips or pressuring staff to work off…Read More…
Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded
Posted OnNovember 22, 2022 byIn Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar since it won the right to host the World Cup 10 years ago, the Guardian can reveal. The findings, compiled from government sources, mean an average of 12 migrant workers from these five south Asian nations have died each week since the night in December…Read More…