By Matt Encarnacion March 30, 2020 Disappointed NRL players have demanded the league guarantee retirement funds following revelations it withheld $10 million super payments in the last two years. The players’ union will again meet with the governing body on Tuesday as it attempts to broker a financial plan during the competition shutdown. Players are […]
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By Unknown March 29, 2020 The union representing many of New Zealand’s supermarket workers says a 10 per cent bonus for those who work through the Covid-19 pandemic good, but should be permanent. Foodstuffs last night announced that they will be giving the bonus to all waged front-line, distribution and transport employees who continue to
By Natalie Orenstein March 16, 2020 UC Berkeley will become familiar with term “digital picket” this week, as graduate students, who are already working from home because of the coronavirus, begin a work stoppage Monday. The student workers are going on a “wildcat” strike — meaning it hasn’t been authorized by UAW 2865, the UC
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By Maria Cramer March 1, 2020 One transgender barista said his supervisors kept writing “Jessica” instead of Jay on his work schedule. They stared at his stubble and frowned at his deepening voice. A manager even laughed when he told her to stop referring to him as “she,” said the barista, Jay Kelly, who works
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By CBS New York February 18, 2020 A new report says nail salon workers are having their wages stolen at an alarming rate. So what is being done about it? CBS2’s Nick Caloway found out on Tuesday. Having long been victims of harsh working conditions and wage theft, nail salon workers now hope their voices
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