Dairy Workers Reach Agreement With Ben & Jerry’s On Fair Wages, Working Conditions (October 3, 2017)
By: Kathleen Masterson, Vermont Public Radio Ben & Jerry’s and Vermont dairy farmworkers have come to an agreement on a program they say will ensure…
By: Elizabeth Pagano, Austin Monitor This Labor Day, a group of community advocates and leaders gathered to celebrate the holiday with a push for more…
By Maryland Delegate Karen Lewis Young This letter is in response to state Sen. Michael Hough’s letter of July 2 stating that paid sick leave…
By Dave Herndon, Michigan News-Herald U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-12th District), state Rep. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) and several others recently got together to talk about…
By Kristina Leeder, Conchita’s Cafe The lies have started. Over the next three months, we can expect to hear an endless string of lies about…
By Douglas Hall, PhD Rhode Island’s business lobbyists have been pulling out all the stops in opposition to the overwhelmingly popular earned paid sick days bills…
By Christy Howell-Hoots, The Ledger Independent More than $200 billion in productivity loss each year is the result of employee absenteeism, according to a breakfast…
By Tahir Gauba For years, opponents of measures that benefit employees and consumers have used the same argument: “It will be bad for business.” Whether…
By Steve Ahlquist, RIfuture.org “I strongly believe the policy has been good for my business. It’s part of what goes into respecting your team, building…
By Erik Rettig, Small Business Majority The Maryland General Assembly made history this year when it passed the Healthy Working Families Act (HB 1), which…