Topic of the Week
Unions Yesterday and Today: The Basics
A labor union is an organization of workers joined to protect their common interests and improve their working conditions. It serves as an intermediary between the employer and the employees. The main purpose is to give workers power to negotiate more fav
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Blog of the Week
What Uber and the Koch Brothers Have in Common: A Plan to Destroy Public Transit
Uber—the Silicon Valley startup-gone-public—shares at least one goal with the most prominent funders of modern conservatism: the destruction of America’s public transit.
Thought for the Week
"It is clear that further support is needed to enable more people to report doping in sport. For this to happen, whistleblowers need practical and emotional support at every step in the whistleblowing journey. Evidence-based whistleblowing policies –- with explicit protections for whistleblowers and clear guidelines on when and how to report – are a key starting point for this and should be implemented and enforced. "
–Kelsey Erickson Research Fellow & Susan Backhouse Director of Research Leeds Beckett University
List of the Week
from Workplace Fairness
Top Discrimination searches this week:
- Pay Discrimination
- Sex and Gender Discrimination
- Family Responsibility Discrimination
- Religious Discrimination
- Proving Discrimination
Top Five News Headlines
- What Wellness Programs Don’t Do for Workers
- Jones Day Sued for Parental Leave Bias Against Men
- Anti-Labor Group Urges Federal Government to Stop All Existing Union Payroll Deductions
- CEOs rake in 940% more than 40 years ago, while average workers earn 12% more
- ‘We Were Treated Like Dirt’: A Visa Program Exploits Student Workers
