The California Supreme Court has given employers some leeway to challenge workers' claims that they are entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid medical leave. The...
http://www.workers.org/2008/us/job_loss_0417 Job loss: another sign of capitalist decay By Kathy Durkin Published Apr 12, 2008 9:50 AM Last month, 300,000...
http://www.workers.org/2008/us/a_job_is_a_right_0417 Why we say A JOB IS A RIGHT By Greg Butterfield Published Apr 12, 2008 9:40 AM “Jobless claims highest...
(BlackDoctor.org) -- African-Americans with work-related back injuries have less money spent on their medical care and receive less compensation for their...
McCain voted to prevent OSHA from issuing or enforcing ergonomics standards.(H.R. 4577, S.Amdt. 3593, Vote #143, 6/22/00) McCain Voted to Strike Down Ergonomic...
I agree it is a huge issue, and as a former representative of injured workers, I can attest to the fact that not enough is being done to ensure safe working...
A STUDY conducted by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Washington found, A long, steady rise in life expectancy in the...
Martha Galvan, and Sandra Ortega and other grape workers from Vignolo Vineyards need your help today. This is their story: "I have been working at this company...
by supervisors of California corporate agribusiness has been going on since at least the 1920s. Given the enormous power of agribusiness in the Central Valley...
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. won permission from California energy regulators on Wednesday to build a $673 million, gas-burning power plant in Colusa County. ...
If you live or run a business in Hercules and do not use Pacific Gas & Electric as your electricity provider, you may soon be getting monthly bills from the...
The Pittsburgh chapter of the NAACP hopes to help more residents fight racial discrimation through a partnership announced today with the Duquesne University...
Good day. What a fantastic rally Sunday, such spiritual and political awakening for me. After meeting most everyone and listening to such tragic tales, I've ...
Specialists in computer-human interaction from around the world assembled in Florence, Italy, the birthplace of the Renaissance, from April 5-10 for CHI '08....
It may be easy for those who stand to profit from inaction, and those who aren't impacted directly by pollution, to call for yet another study of the...
Farm workers found living in Calif. cherry orchard SHAFTER, Calif. Farm labor organizers say they have discovered more than 100 migrant fruit pickers living in...
By Ari Soglin Saturday, May 10th, 2008 at 11:55 am in Uncategorized. SACRAMENTO (AP) California workers permanently injured on the job would get an average...
One night in 2002, Carla Crandall was asleep under the freeway overpass near Eighth Street. She was jolted awake by a man sexually assaulting her. "A person I...
Posted by: "Sister Bernie Galvin" relwithome@... Thu May 15, 2008 12:42 pm (PDT) Religious Witness With Homeless People P.O. Box 420486, San Francisco,...
To all, Please forward the link to this compelling video Far and Wide, produced by Myrna Lym, of Filipino and Chinese ancestry, single Mom and longstanding...
