February 12, 2008
American Rights at Work Demands Accountability and Immediate Change of Course CONTACT: Josh Goldstein, 202-822-2127 x118 jgoldstein@americanrightsatwork.org WASHINGTON, DC—American Rights at Work today launched an unprecedented web-based campaign highlighting the numerous failures of Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, President Bush’s longest-serving cabinet member. Through ShameOnElaine.org, the public will get… Read More»
October 25, 2007
New Report Features Current & Former FedEx Ground Drivers Describing Discriminatory Practices and Unionbusting Efforts CONTACTS: Liz Cattaneo, 202-822-2127 x104 lcattaneo@americanrightsatwork.org Mistique Cano, 202-263-2882 cano@civilrights.org WASHINGTON, DC – “Fed Up with FedEx: How FedEx Ground Tramples Workers’ Rights and Civil Rights,” a report that documents how FedEx appears to misclassify… Read More»
October 24, 2007
When is a FedEx worker not a FedEx employee? When it benefits the FedEx Corporation. In a new report, Fed Up With FedEx: How FedEx Ground Tramples Workers’ Rights at Civil Rights, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and American Rights at Work document the widespread use of employee misclassification at… Read More»
Tags: FedEx, misclassification
October 22, 2007
New report uncovers how employers exploit weakness in U.S. labor law during union recognition elections CONTACT: Liz Cattaneo 202-822-2127 x104 lcattaneo@americanrightsatwork.org WASHINGTON, DC – A new report released today by American Rights at Work reveals how telecom giant Verizon has broken the law to thwart workers’ freedom to form unions… Read More»
October 21, 2007
For decades, the telecommunications industry has provided technicians, customer service agents, operators, and others with job security, opportunities to advance and gain new skills, and sustainable wages and benefits. Yet since Verizon was formed in 2000, it has shirked its responsibilities as a public utility, pursuing a race-to-the-bottom, low-road business… Read More»
Tags: Verizon
July 10, 2007
Neither Free Nor Fair: The Subversion of Democracy Under NLRB Elections contrasts what NLRB elections look like in the real world with what happens in elections for public office. By Gordon Lafer, Ph.D. American Rights at Work July 2007 Executive Summary (PDF: 4 pages, 77KB) Full Report (PDF: 72 pages, 733 KB)… Read More»
Tags: NLRA, NLRB
February 15, 2007
CONTACT: Kimberly Freeman, 202-822-2127, ext. 111 kfreeman@americanrightsatwork.org WASHINGTON, DC—In response to the introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800) in the House last week, business special interest groups have launched a campaign to derail reform of the nation’s broken labor law system. “The notion that corporate lobbying coalitions… Read More»
December 6, 2005
New unionbusting data released by American Rights at Work WASHINGTON, DC—In conjunction with International Human Rights Day, Saturday, December 10, workers’ rights advocacy group American Rights at Work releases new data on extensive employer conduct designed to undermine union organizing efforts. American Rights at Work Board Chair and former Democratic… Read More»
Findings from this new report reveal that a majority of employers aggressively use both legal and illegal anti-union tactics during union representation elections, which impedes workers’ ability to form unions. » Download the report (PDF) By Chirag Mehta and Nik Theodore, Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, December… Read More»
November 9, 2005
This report offers a comprehensive examination of the company’s abysmal labor standards, including an investigation into Wal-Mart’s unapologetic, systematic manner of aggressively interfering with its employees’ democratic right to form unions as a method to address their mistreatment. The study also demonstrates how Wal-Martization is eroding middle-class standards for workers… Read More»
