| Jun 16, 2011 | Economy / BusinessThe ILO voted by a whopping 396 to 16 margin to adopt a “historic set of international standards” known as the Convention on Domestic Workers. This great news from Geneva was many years in the making, as domestic workers from all over the world have been...
| Feb 7, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThanks to a wave of anti-immigrant proposals in state legislatures across the nation, fear of deportation and family separation has forced many immigrant women to stay silent rather than report workplace abuse and exploitation to authorities. The courts have weakened...
| Nov 22, 2010 | Economy / BusinessWhen he was campaigning in 2008, President Barack Obama promised to raise the federal minimum wage, declaring “people who work full-time should not live in poverty.” Obama proposed raising it to $9.50 by 2011. That would merely adjust the minimum wage for...
| Oct 18, 2010 | Economy / BusinessEt tu, Lou? It turns out that Lou Dobbs has employed undocumented workers to toil on his estates and tend to his family’s numerous horses. According to a recent investigative report in The Nation, the poster boy for the anti-immigrant crowd said he was told the...
