From ThinkProgress: When Mitt Romney campaigned at an Ohio coal mine earlier this month, he might not have realized that the miners were forced to be there — without pay — by the owner, Murray Energy. That’s according to accounts from multiple coal miners, who sent anonymous letters to a…
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Last year, the California General Assembly passed the California Domestic Workers Bill of rights, AB889. The bill is now before the California Senate, and the California Domestic Workers Coalition is urging people to take action in support if the bill. The California Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, AB889, will end…
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From In These Times: On the eve of May Day 2012, many migrant workers from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Sudan and other countries came out from behind closed doors and took to the streets to rally for fair treatment. As with many “guestworkers” in the U.S., one of the critical policy…
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From Institute for Southern Studies: On May 20, 1865 United States General Edward M. McCook gave the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in the state of Florida. It was a moment that African Americans had fought for. During the Civil War, over 1,000 black Floridians had joined nearly a…
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Charlie Sullivan (Seton Hall) has just posted on SSRN his article Tortifying Employment Discrimination. Here’s the abstract: Although Title VII is often described as a “statutory tort,” that label has, until recently, been mostly metaphorical. In Staub v. Proctor Hospital Corp., however, the Supreme Court took an important first step…
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From ThinkProgress: 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], real wages fell in 2011, despite record corporate profits. “There’s never been…
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From Colorlines: Nearly 60 farmworkers from a rural Washington state community just outside of Seattle said they were stranded with no way to get home last week after refusing to work for less than minimum wage. The workers were bused to a Stemilt Grower’s Apple Orchard, where they were told…
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