May
2015 28
2015 28
GAO Report: 40% of US Workforce Made Up of Contingent Workers; Poverty-Level Wages Rampant
A new report from the Government Accountability Office shows a shocking 40.4 percent of the U.S. workforce is now made up of contingent workers. This figure is up nearly 10 percent from 2005, a startling rise among a set of workers who often find themselves without the same labor protections and benefits as traditional [&hellip…;
Nov
2014 20
2014 20
New GAO Report: DOL Must Hold Trade Agreement Partners Accountable for Labor Violations
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Department of Labor (DOL) increase its efforts to police labor laws in countries that have free trade agreements with the United States. In 2013, labor pacts between the U.S. and 14 other countries accounted for 35 percent of all U.S. importshttps://wepartypatriots.com/files/wp/tag/. [&hellip…;