Jimmy John’s Accused Of ‘Systematic Wage Theft’
Jimmy John’s, the “freaky fast” sandwich staple of America’s college towns, is being sued by two former employees for what...
Jimmy John’s, the “freaky fast” sandwich staple of America’s college towns, is being sued by two former employees for what...
U.S. companies are looking for all sorts of ways to reduce their tax bill. But scores of big U.S. companies...
Candis Riggins has a new baby. But, since she got fired from Walmart, she no longer has her job or...
WASHINGTON — More than a year after its initial election victory at a Guitar Center store, the union representing the...
(CNN) — Raising the minimum wage continues to be a top Democratic economic priority, insisting that higher pay is critical...
It’s the corporate tax loophole that could be costing you billions. American companies are quietly changing their paperwork to make...
As more and more American corporations have used mergers and shell companies to shift profits and shrink their U.S. tax...
In recent decisions, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has made clear its view that corporations are people, with...
California’s Democratic Governor Jerry Brown has permitted SB 1272, an advisory measure entitled the Overturn Citizens United Act, to appear...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders is targeting “corporate deserters” with legislation to ban businesses from receiving lucrative government contracts when...
Shortly after the anniversary of the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people, wounded 226, and upended a large...
Despite supposed bans on companies that move offshore to avoid paying U.S. taxes getting federal contracts, more than a dozen...
Fossil fuel and utility interests, concerned about the rise of cheap clean energy, are financing attacks on pro–clean energy policies,...
Bigtime companies are moving their “headquarters” overseas to dodge billions in taxes … that means the rest of us pay...
Walmart is known for resisting efforts to unionize its American workforce. But in Canada, one of its stores actually voted...
On Monday the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Affordable Care Act, ruling that privately-owned corporations don’t...
Wal-Mart has a knack for proving its critics right. In its latest example, responding to an Op-Ed by the New...
Paul Krugman has another column in the New York Times explaining that slashing carbon pollution has a small economic impact...
Today General Motors announced that it has fired 15 employees and disciplined five others in the wake of an internal...
All across the country, public services are increasingly outsourced to private contractors in the name of efficiency and cost savings....
A new report by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz for the Roosevelt Institute suggests that paying our fair share...
Organized labor has been under attack for decades, with devastating results for the middle class. Wages have not kept up...
Hundreds of children too young to buy cigarettes are working 60 hours a week on tobacco farms across the South,...
Senator Carl Levin said he is writing legislation to block U.S. companies from shifting their legal addresses overseas to lower...
Studies have shown a significant correlation between monies spent and the outcome of elections. While there are still instances where...
Environmentalists are planning to take billionaires Charles and David Koch to court, alleging the brothers’ companies are responsible for polluting...
The chase after ever cheaper sites for manufacturing is causing rising inequality, low-wage misery, and unsafe workplaces in many parts...
Protesters dressed up as Apple Store employees in telltale blue t-shirts marched in front of the Union Square store Tuesday...
Twenty-six of the most powerful American corporations – such as Boeing, General Electric, and Verizon – paid no federal income...
Hey, Corporate America, are you befuddled as to why you are widely considered the mustache-twirling villain in the tragicomedy that...
A new poll finds that 89 percent of fast food workers nationwide say they experience wage theft.
Drivers and pizza cooks will share a $448,000 payout from 23 Domino’s Pizza franchise owners around New York state under...
U.S.-based nonfinancial companies are parking record amounts of cash abroad, thanks largely to a tax code that encourages them to...
Connect the dots between policies that keep many of our fellow Americans desperate, and you’ll see they add up to...
Bank of America is paying $6.3 billion to settle a lawsuit arising out of troubled mortgage-backed securities it cobbled together...
Workers in California, Michigan and New York this week filed six new lawsuits against McDonald’s claiming they were systematically shorted...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Manufacturing giant Caterpillar Inc. has used an aggressive tax strategy to shift profits overseas in order to...
The two biggest welfare queens in America today are Wal-Mart and McDonald’s.
A new chart released by Stop Fooling California reveals that the oil industry, including the Western States Petroleum Association, Chevron,...
In the series “The Secret Life of a Food Stamp,” Marketplace reporter Krissy Clark traces how big-box stores make billions...
WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) – Foreign profits held overseas by U.S. corporations to avoid taxes at home nearly doubled from...