Happy Labor Day 2014. On this, the New Years Eve for workers everywhere, make a resolution to make a contribution to The Labor Movement in the coming year. After fulfilling that resolution, do something more, and then do it some more. If you dont vote, registering and voting this year would be a great start. Unionization is also associated with higher wages and benefits, especially for low-wage workers, which argues for greater legal enforcement of the right to organize without retaliation. Similarly, stronger enforcement of both labor laws and antitrust laws is needed to ensure against wage theft. Once assumed to be mainly an issue of unpaid overtime or other wage violations, wage theft became a white-collar issue this year, when it was revealed that collusion among the biggest companies in Silicon Valley had suppressed the pay of software engineers by an estimated $3 billion.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 03:46:08 +0000
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