Worker Struggle
Employers can terminate employees for any reason that does not violate state or federal discrimination.
What is At-Will Employment?
Famously supported over 1000 striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee fighting for safer working conditions and better wages after two workers were crushed to death.
Who is Martin Luther King jr?
Website used to file employee complaints about employers
What is the US Department of Labor (DOL)
A major post WWII CIO campaign to organize southern industrial workers- which did fail due to anti union tactics.
What is known as Operation Dixie
When companies use subtle, illegal or exploitative tactics to reduce earnings.
What is Wage Theft
A historic 6 week labor strike fighting against the " Big Three" auto makers in the US.
What is "The UAW strike" of 2023
A federal law establishing minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping and youth employment standards for private and public sector.
What is the Fair labor Standards Act of 1938.
Roughly a 100 women and men walked of the job to protest a 25% wage cut in 1824. The first major textile industry strike in America.
What is known as the 1824 Pawtucket Strike?
Protects federal employees and applicants from retaliation, including termination, demotion, or suspension for disclosing information they believe evidences violation of law, abuse of authority or substantial public health& safety.
What is the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA)
A major co-founder in establishing the southern workers assembly associated with the Black Workers for Justice.
Who is known as the late Saladin Muhammad?