As of Oct. 19, 2017, we have been able to obtain EEO-1 reports from 23 of those companies.
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Conditions and obstacles that workers face in the 21st century
Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some, Inequality, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Chicken workers sue, saying they were modern-day slaves
Judges across the country had ordered defendants into rehab programs that double as work camps for for-profit companies.
Posted inAccountability, Impact, Inequality, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Illinois temp workers win new protections
An advocate says the new law protecting temp workers was in part due to a 2016 investigation by Reveal.
Posted inThe Trump Era, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Labor Department blames data breach for injury reporting site’s shutdown
The Labor Department disabled the site for submitting records on employee injuries and deaths so tech experts can evaluate any security problems.
Posted inAccountability, Worked Over
Given a test to apply for a job? Watch out if you are not a white man
The misuse of employment tests – which measure reading, math and other cognitive skills – can unfairly disadvantage minorities and women without the employers or the job applicants even realizing it.
Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights
Senators want probe of Labor Department secrecy and policy delays
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Patty Murray and other lawmakers have called on the Labor Department’s inspector general to investigate why the agency stopped posting press releases about major workplace safety violations after President Donald Trump took office.
Posted inAccountability, The Trump Era, Worked Over
Trump wants to stop programs that combat child and forced labor abroad
The cuts would hobble one of the country’s key methods for combatting child and forced labor around the globe, and limit the federal government’s ability to help countries comply with labor provisions in 13 free trade agreements.
Posted inAccountability, The Trump Era, Worked Over
Trump’s labor agenda: Cutting accountability, safety and training
President Trump has already rolled back or stalled regulations meant to protect workers from wage theft, harassment, on-the-job injuries, greedy financial advisors and cancer-causing dust. And that’s all without a new secretary of labor.
Posted inAccountability
Trump budget targets programs that help people get jobs
Trump has promised to create 25 million jobs over the next decade, but his proposed budget shrinks key job programs designed to help laid-off workers and low-income adults break into the workforce.
Posted inAccountability, Immigration, Inequality, The Trump Era, Worked Over
How Trump is transforming America’s anti-discrimination watchdog
With two more Trump appointments to come, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will lurch from a Democratic majority to a Republican one. Acting Chairwoman Victoria Lipnic’s voting record shows what is at stake.