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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union closed all ports on the West Coast in solidarity with a national day of protest to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, an activist and journalist who was on death row in Pennsylvania at the time. ~ Today in Labor History

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Workers Just Notched A Rare Win in Federal Court
Posted On: Jan 03, 2019
Jan. 3, 2019 | WORKERS' RIGHTS |  In a major win for labor advocates, a federal court issued a long-awaited ruling last week finding that corporations could be held responsible for issues like wage discrimination or illegal job termination, even if the employees were subcontractors or working at a franchised company. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C Circuit determined that a business could be considered a so-called joint-employer if it exercised a certain level of “indirect control” over an employees’ working conditions, or if it reserved the authority to do so down the line. In its decision, the D.C appellate court affirmed one of the most significant and disputed labor rulings of the Obama administration. In 2015… The Intercept
 
 
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