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June 3, 2014 By nicole

Group honors Valerie Johnson for helping injured workers in North Carolina

Valerie was honored for her tireless efforts on behalf of workers’ rights in North Carolina by the North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute at its 40th Annual Awards Banquet and Birthday Celebration. She also spoke at the banquet on the topic of labor and the changing political climate impacting injured workers in the state. Clayola Brown, the national president […]

Filed Under: In the News, Work Injury, Workers' Compensation Tagged With: North Carolina, North Carolina Workers' Compensation, Recognition, Union, Unions, Valerie Johnson

January 17, 2010 By nicole

Recent Fourth Circuit labor and employment decisions

The Fourth Circuit has published opinions in three labor and employment cases in recent weeks. The first case, Sepulveda v. Allen Family Foods, Inc., concerned a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action that was brought on behalf of a class of current and former employees of a chicken processing plant. The employees claimed, among other things, […]

Filed Under: In the News, Work Injury, Workers' Compensation Tagged With: Case Commentary, Collective Action, Concerted Activity, FLSA, Fourth Circuit, NLRB, Retaliation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Union, Wage and Hour

September 30, 2009 By nicole

Study shows that unions help make family-friendly workplaces

“Family-Friendly Workplaces: Do Unions Make a Difference?,” written by Jennifer MacGillvary of the Labor Center at the University of California-Berkeley and Netsy Firestein of the Labor Project for Working Families, concludes the unions lead to workplaces that, through policy and practice, promote a healthy and viable balance between work life and home life. Significantly, the study […]

Filed Under: In the News Tagged With: Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, Health Care, Study, Union

September 24, 2009 By nicole

USW workers ratify Goodyear contract

The United Steelworkers (USW) announced that workers overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year agreement covering about 10,000 union members at seven Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plants, including the plant in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The new pact provides job security and maintains quality, affordable health care for the union members. It also provides for a commitment by Goodyear […]

Filed Under: In the News Tagged With: Contract, Goodyear, Health Care, Union, USW

September 8, 2009 By nicole

Study shows that low wage workers are subject to a host of employment and labor law violations

A new study, “Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers,” shows that employers routinely violate the employment rights  of low wage workers, with frequent violations of the wage and hour laws, workers’ compensation laws, and anti-retaliation protections. (The summary of the original study is here.) Here are some of the startling findings: 68 percent of the workers interviewed had […]

Filed Under: In the News, Workers' Compensation Tagged With: Minimum Wage, Overtime, Retaliation, Union, Wage and Hour

July 1, 2009 By nicole

Another serious labor violation

The Fourth Circuit affirmed the granting of some injunctive relief to remedy very serious labor violations by a mining company in NLRB v. Spartan Mining Company. The company had illegally discriminated against members of the United Mine Workers.

Filed Under: In the News Tagged With: Case Commentary, Fourth Circuit, UMWA, Union

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