Since 1894, the first Monday of September has been celebrated as Labor Day. While this holiday is widely appreciated by students for granting them a respite from the stresses of the first few weeks of school, the true meaning of Labor Day is often lost on students. Labor Day was born out of the Industrial...| The Lance
The PALM scheme, which aims to fill labour shortages in Australia's agricultural and horticultural sectors with workers from Pacific Island nations and Timor-Leste, has come under increasing scrutiny for the mistreatment and abuse of workers it was designed to protect. The post PALM Scheme and Migrant Workers in Australia appeared first on Office For Justice, Ecology and Peace.| Office For Justice, Ecology and Peace
Is the worker of the 21st century even a worker? Or have they become a number, a resource, a benefit user, an identification card? In the private sector the worker is no longer a political subject. They are reduced to a function within a system that teaches them to be lucky to have a job at all. The right to voice discontent? It exists today only as a clause in the employment contract, right next to the one about loyalty to the company.| Mašina English
Union members and other Maine workers can celebrate the social and economic achievements of American workers this Labor Day at several events across the state this weekend.| Maine Morning Star
[:en]****Version française ci-dessous**** Read her books and take her trainings, but not to deify her — nothing could be further from her mission. Take them so that you can put into practice the same methods that Jane McAlevey spent a lifetime practicing, modelling, and instilling in others. And then, as she would so often say at the end of a session: Go forth and win![:de]Lest also ihre Bücher und nehmt an ihren Schulungen teil, aber nicht, um sie zu vergöttern – nichts könnte weiter...| rosalux.eu
