On Friday, December 13, 2024, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, an appeal from a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that this religious employer isn’t exempt from unemployment taxes (details here).[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Worker Exploitation’
November 27th, 2022 - 3:14 pm § in Business
Why workers aren’t loyal to companies anymore
In the old days, a young man could graduate from high school, get a job in a factory, support a wife and five kids, and had a job for life as long as he showed up and did the work. That was before Wall Street financiers bought and sold companies like trading cards, Reagan broke […][...]
May 22nd, 2016 - 11:49 am § in Uncategorized
Tesla exploits cheap imported labor
“Overseas contractors are shipping workers from impoverished countries to American factories, where they work long hours for low wages, in apparent violation of visa and labor laws.” That’s the conclusion of the San Jose Mercury News after months of investigative journalism. The ne[...]