...es stood up to millionaire founder and CEO David Berg when they rejected the new contract proposal and were locked out of the job in August. Since Dec. 1, workers have rejected unfair contract [...]
...xpand, opening more than five new restaurants a day outside the United States in 2012. However many American workers have expressed frustration that the company’s success has not led to [...]
...and encourage people to donate to the campaign to encourage 2.7 million people to wear them. More info at OrangeRibbons.net R.S.V.P. and info: http://bbp.splashthat.com/ ====================== [...]
...g worse is stopping fast track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other rigged corporate trade agreements. We are in the midst of the key moment in that political [...]
...with large agriculture,” she said. “We wanted to show that this man is just spin.” So did Froman offer anything more than spin at this hearing? Alisa Simmons of Global Trade [...]
...comfortable shoes. We’ll take the Fast Track train for a spin around town and pass out literature on the way. Sept. 25 – Join the Fair Trade Brigade: We will pass [...]
...ame. Each year, we have gathered in Washington, D.C., in anger, outrage and the hope that we won’t have to do it again the following year. And then we do it again the next year, and now [...]
...mart, and Chevron. The Obama administration has kept the TPP classified, making it the first-ever classification of a trade agreement. In addition to denying public access to its text, the [...]
...such tribunal rulings might require taxpayer compensation, which could impact the financial health of the City of Los Angeles and its residents; and WHEREAS, two dozen environmental [...]
...nted out that “Human Rights, consumer, labor, environment groups are not at the table. But more than 600 corporate representatives are participating.” Try this for an example of [...]
...l gone haywire, McDonald’s recently teamed up with Visa to create a financial planning site for its low-pay workforce. Unfortunately, whoever wrote the thing seems to have been literally [...]
..., where a bill was recently passed by the city council to pay workers for large retailers $12.50 an hour. Workers will also protest in Chicago, Boston, Sacramento, Miami and Dallas, according [...]
...trade agreements without Congress being able to modify the legislation), the implementing legislation would have to be introduced prior to July 1, 2018 . This is the same day that the [...]
...deny it. Second, the Toxic Political Poison of the TPP ended the career of Boehner, a long-time corporate trader. In order to get the agreement through the House he had to twist the arms of [...]
...t of the world’s economy. With the revelations that the TPP would allow private corporations to sue governments for damages on future profits if governments enact laws to protect their [...]
