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• The Educational-Entertainment Complex exposed, under fire
  By Guest Blogger:  Matthew A. Kaufman The National Labor Relations Board recently publicized the NCAA’s playbook.  For sports fans, the NLRB revealed all the things that we kind of knew (or should have known) were true, but now we know: it is all true. Here’s what happened: on March 26, the NLRB ruled that Northwestern ...read more
• Equal Pay Day and the elusive gender pay gap
  By Elizabeth Kristen April 8, 2014, is “Equal Pay Day” in the United States. On average, women earn less than men. In fact, in 2012, full-time working women earned only 77% of what men made. That means the average woman must work four additional months—until April 8—to earn the same amount of money as a ...read more
• Pillage in private: Raiders try to punt cheerleader wage claims into arbitration
  Employee and consumer advocates have been screaming for years about the harsh realities of arbitration clauses.  We’ve decried them for being secret; for being unfair; and unconscionable and unconstitutional.  Like the frog in the slowly heated pot of water, the public has remained idle in the face of an unprecedented erosion of their rights.  Traction ...re […]
• Did Apple, Google and other tech giants really steal $9 billion from their own employees?
  The luminaries of Silicon Valley are idolized like sports stars. They are adored for the revolutions they have launched and praised for the fortunes they have amassed. They are revered for their business savvy and shrewdness. But it turns out there is another darker side to the Silicon Valley success story. It was early 2005. ...read more
• It’s time to clean up the Los Angeles garment industry’s dirty secret
  On March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in Manhattan. Today, we know our clothes are still often sewn in lethal conditions in foreign factories.  Last year’s disastrous Rana Plaza collapse and a series of deadly factory fires resulted in much hand-wringing over how to improve safety in Bangladesh’s garment industry […]

Legal Affairs Feed from National Public Radio (npr.org)

• Captains Uncourageous: Abandoning Ship Long Seen As A Crime
  Whenever a captain comes back and passengers don't, it's seen as shameful behavior. The captains of the Costa Concordia and the South Korean ferry both received blame for not staying with their ship.
• Should College Dropouts Be Honored By Their Alma Maters?
  From a Top Gun sequel starring drones to Howard University's pick of Puff Daddy as its commencement speaker, the Barbershop guys weigh in on the week's news.
• New York's Muslims Push For Public Schools To Close For Eid Holidays
  President of the Muslim Democratic Club of New York Linda Sarsour discusses why she wants the city's public schools to close on holidays like Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
• To Fight Extremism, Don't Alienate Troublemakers At The Mosque
  In the fight against Islamic extremism, the president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council says that intervention within the community is more effective than external surveillance and secrecy.
• Obama Wants To Sell Exports To Asia, But Critics Aren't Buying
  As the president prepares to travel to Asia, the White House says a trade deal would boost U.S. exports. But opponents say the Trans-Pacific Partnership would hurt the environment and U.S. jobs.

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