Workers' rights articles
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Louisiana workers want same rights as Germany, survey reveals
A survey was conducted to determine the ten most desirable labor laws in other countries that Louisiana workers envy inspired by the "right to disconnect" law allowing employers to decline calls from their boss during their personal time.
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Answering Musk’s and Bezos’s Attacks on Workers’ Rights
The following piece by Harold Meyerson appeared in The American Prospect. For left-of-center policy wonks, this is shaping up as a banner week. Here in Washington, the journal Democracy is holding a “Middle-Out Economics” conference, featuring a host of progressive economists, Biden administration appointees, union think-tankers, and political consultants who grapple with the conundrum of how to… Source
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Avoid ‘outright bans’ on flexible contracts and improve workers’ rights, urges think tank
According to the research, three quarters of employers reported using flexible contracts - although for a variety of different reasons.