Posted by Mike Hall to AFL-CIO NOW Two new reports by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) show the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, especially under the Bush administration, is conducting fewer and less thorough investigations in allegations of employer wage theft. Over the past decade, the number of investigations into employers’ […]
Irish Worry: ‘Celtic Tiger’ Defanged?
Posted by Anne Szustek to FindingDulcinea Ireland’s vigorous economic expansion over the past 20 years has earned it the moniker “Celtic Tiger.” The transformation from one of Europe’s poorest nations to a high-tech upstart beckoned foreigners to the Emerald Isle. The country has seen 7.2 percent annual growth for the past decade, partly due to […]
UK Muslims to root out forced marriages
British Muslim lawyers have come up with an action plan to root out forced marriage in their community, in a report published on Thursday. The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal believes British Muslims must take matters into their own hands to tackle the “crisis” of forced marriages between British citizens and spouses from South Asia, often used […]
Video: A New Economic Deal Starts with Workers’ Rights
by Seth Michaels In recent years, our nation’s social contract has been radically re-written. Despite growth in productivity and the overall size of the economy, most of us aren’t seeing our share of U.S. prosperity. Economic health has been redefined as corporate health. The result is that the economy as we know it […]
The Collision of Populations, Tequila, and Other Poisons
We labor remarkably to hone our poisons. I am watching Lou Dobbs on CNN and he is talking about immigrants and the crumbling status of the United States and the internal rot the American empire is enduring. A bloated border manager from a dusty Texas outcropping is featured in a discussion about the failure […]
U.S. embassies enjoy huge fees from visa rejections
Citizens of Third World nations have become victims of American arrogance. They had aspired to escape poverty in their home countries but could not due to strict issuance of U.S. visas to applicants. Most often, a large number of those applying for tourist visas being rejected at U.S. consulates overseas. It is hard to imagine […]
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