Current Disputes (Society/Issues/Labor/Current_Disputes)

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Current Disputes

Sites about specific current disputes between workers and management, such as a strike over pay and conditions at [insert company name here].

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Demand for Professional Wages and Benefits for Wraparound Services Workers   http://www.petitiononline.com/dpwbwsw/petition.html
Grievance by workers against the Pennsylvania company.

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Living Income for Vanderbilt Employees   http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/suvpage/
Student, faculty, staff, and community group advocating for a fair wage at Vanderbilt as well as health care, benefits, child care, paid time off and retirement benefits.

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Sisters of Mercy Have No Mercy   http://members.lycos.co.uk/nomercy13/
Reports that the Sisters of Mercy of Americas have violated Fair Labor Standards Act, forced employees to sign the Overtime Payment Waiver Form and fired employees who stood up for their rights.

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Splichal Labor Crimes   http://www.geocities.com/splichals2002/
Site details in part the WalMart style labor practices of celebrity chef and California restauranteurs Joachim Splichal and his wife Christine Splichal.

Related categories

Allegedly Unethical Firms This category is for sites about alleged violations of business ethics. Complaints about slow service or dissatisfaction with a product that do not reflect on corporate ethics
Anti-Corporation Protests, boycotts, strikes, class action suits, and other organized actions against corporations.
Grievances SItes complaining about work, workplaces, conditions, pay, management and other issues.
Union Busting Relating to attempts by management to prevent a union from organizing a workplace, decertify an

Neigbour categories

Job Migration Sites dealing with globalization and its effect on labor, specifically jobs moving to countries
Living Wage
Migrant Workers The term "migrant worker"generally refers to a person who is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated
Minimum Wage The minimum wage is the lowest legal wage paid to workers in certain categories. In the U.S., minimum hourly wages are set by the federal government and by the states. In other countries, minimum
Pro-Business Sites which take a pro-business view of labor issues.
Slavery


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