by Olivia Alperstein With Labor Day fast approaching, it’s time to talk about disabled workers. This issue is personal for me. I debated for years about whether to disclose my disability status to potential employers. I have rheumatoid arthritis, which is largely managed thanks ...
by Marty Walsh On Labor Day we honor the achievements of America’s workers, and in 2022 we have a historic victory to celebrate. Our nation’s working people have come all the way back from the depths of a global pandemic, regaining every job lost and more. This milestone seemed ...
MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge Phillip Gaujot will reconsider his previous ruling in a lawsuit filed by Morgantown firefighters against the City of Morgantown. The suit is over lost wages in holiday compensation. The initial lawsuit, filed in 2019, claimed ...
MORGANTOWN -- Nobody wants to work anymore. It's become a common refrain recently, a simple explanation for a complicated situation, as stories of understaffed stores, restaurants and warehouses circulate month after month. But just because something sounds good doesn’t necessarily ...
by James Haught The terrible Great Depression of the 1930s wasn’t America’s only economic crash. Various lesser ones happened through the 1800s, almost in a 20-year cycle, inflicting poverty and suffering on working-class families. Especially severe was a collapse in the ...
by Christopher D. Cook As we celebrate Labor Day and “essential workers” amid a viciously resurgent pandemic, we ought to match our rhetoric with some concrete protections for these workers — you know, all those warehouse employees, meatpackers, farmworkers and supermarket staff ...