Press Release Archive
March 9, 2009
Senate Labor Committee to Hold Hearing on Extreme Abuses: Wage Theft Expert Kim Bobo to Deliver Testimony
December 24, 2008
A Christmas Present for Workers: Wal-Mart's New Settlement & the Wage Theft Crisis
July 15, 2008
Wage and Hour ProtectionsHouse Labor Committee to Hold Hearing on Government’s Failure to Enforce Wage and Hour Protections GAO to Announce Results of Investigations into Enforcement Efforts by the Department of Labor
April 9, 2008
Sanitation Worker Justice Body FormsReligious Leaders Gather in Memphis to Announce the Formation of Worker Justice Committee on 40th Anniversary of MLK's Death
October 10, 2007
Saying “No” to “No Match”Religious Leaders and Labor Organizations to Hold Public Hearing to Challenge SSA on “No-Match” Dragnet
February 13, 2006
Contractors in New Orleans Allowed to Violate Worker Safety StandardsThe Bush administration continues to allow egregious violations of workers' health and safety standards in the Gulf Coast generally and specifically in seven parishes in and around New Orleans.
January 11, 2006
Labor Standards and Oversight Lacking in Gulf Coast RebuildingBillions of dollars continue to be spent in a piece-meal approach to Gulf Coast clean up and reconstruction without any plan for comprehensive rebuilding and oversight. Nearly 250 hurricane-related bills were introduced in Congress while a patchwork of committees and subcommittees of the U.S. House and Senate continue to convene public hearings on various aspects of recovery.