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California Warehouse Worker Lawsuit Targets Wal-Mart

California Warehouse Worker Lawsuit Targets Wal-Mart

By JIM MORRIS and ADITHYA SAMBAMURTHY, Center for Public Integrity, MIRA LOMA, Calif.– Lawyers alleging wage theft from mostly immigrant Latino contract workers at a Southern California warehouse complex took steps to add Wal-Mart as a defendant in an ongoing federal lawsuit. The move is expected to draw the nation’s largest retailer into a case in which it had, […]

Job Clubs Unsung Heroes Of The Economic Recovery

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Job Clubs Unsung Heroes Of The Economic Recovery

By Ben Seigel, from the DOL’s Work In Progress blog- Job clubs are one of the unsung heroes of our economic recovery. They offer practical and technical tools for a successful job search, including networking, social media training, and direct access to employers seeking qualified and dependable employees. But they also offer much more: fellowship, […]

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LAFD Settles EEOC Harassment Case for Nearly $500,000

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LAFD Settles EEOC Harassment Case for Nearly $500,000

A Los Angeles (LAFD) firefighter was tormented by sexual and religious harassment at work and disciplined in retaliation for participating in another firefighter’s discrimination proceeding. Anthony Almeida was abused by a Catholic priest as a child. He was the target of abuse again as an adult from what should have been an unlikely source: his […]

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