Month: July 2022

Employers have WAY too many rights when it comes to these issues: Abusive waivers At-will employment Bereavement leave Credit reports Criminal history (Ban the Box Act) Discrimination against natural hairstyles (the Crown Act) Discrimination against victims of domestic violence Injured workers Medicare for All Minimum wage Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) One fair wage for tipped employees Paid family and medical leave Paid sick leave Pay disclosure Pay equity Psychological abuse Pregnancy discrimination PTSD and first responders Right to strike for public employees Scheduling for hourly workers Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination Wage data reporting Wage theft Wage transparency State legislatures across the country are wrapping up their legislative sessions. Take action before the end of the week by scrolling down the map, clicking on your state, and filling out the form: http://www.endworkplaceabuse.com

Last week, I posted about Evan Seyfried (https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/w4fpb3/we_want_justice_for_evan/), an exemplary employee of Kroger for two decades who took his own life on March 9, 2021, due to prolonged psychological abuse from two store managers. Read about what he endured: The Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/15/kroger-suicide-seyfried/ The pending lawsuit: https://www.scribd.com/document/515480124/Lawsuit-Kroger-manager-drove-employee-to-suicide TAKE ACTION IN ANY OF THESE WAYS: BILLBOARDS. Donate to fund billboards throughout Cincinnati, where Kroger headquarters are located, to call out Kroger for their psychological abuse of employees. https://workplacepsychologicalsafetyact.org/donations/stop-psychological-abuse-at-work/ “FOR EVAN” TRIBUTES AT KROGER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NATION. Today through the end of August, leave any of the following in front of your nearest Kroger and/or Kroger affiliate (Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Jay C Food Store, King Soopers, Mariano's, Metro Market, Pay-Less Super Markets, Pick'n Save, QFC, Ralphs, Ruler, Smith's Food and Drug, and Walgreens): Flowers This flyer: http://workplacepsychologicalsafetyact.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/JusticeforEvanFlyer.pdf A picture of…

Protesters from Polish trade union, Stronger Together in Teleperformance, which is affiliated to UNI Global Union through the NSZZ ‘Solidarność’ federation, alongside two MPs – Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk and Maciej Konieczny – gathered in solidarity with the union’s Vice-President, Agnieszka Paterak, who has been targeted by the company. Protected in her position under Polish labour law, this has not stopped Teleperformance Poland doing everything in its power to undermine the union leader even though the harassment and discrimination of trade union leaders is also illegal. Agnieszka is one of 55 people on her account, where she was employed to work remotely, as do all the other staff servicing the multinational company. However, last month she was singled out and told she could no longer work from home and that her new workplace was now the call centre offices in Warsaw. Agnieszka lives 300km away from the capital with her parents. She…