During one of his many interviews, Alice Cooper, a rock and roll legend, was once asked “What’s the greatest three minutes of your life?” He responded by saying, “There’s two times during the year. One is Christmas morning, when you’re just getting ready to open the presents. The greed factor is right there. The next […]

Earlier this week, as reported in the Portland Press Herald, Guillermo and Hector Fuentes pled guilty to federal charges revolving around their actions from 2006 to 2011 assisting undocumented workers in obtaining fraudulent green and social security cards, as well as hiring them to work at their restaurants in Westbrook, Waterville, and Biddeford. During the […]

In 1970 Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The law made employers legally responsible for providing a safe workplace for their employees. The Act also created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to oversee workplace health and safety standards and to make sure that employers abide by the law. It is unfortunate […]

  Last month the fair wage movement gained substantial momentum when fast food workers in 150 cities and 30 countries staged a walk-out strike on May 15th. This was not the workers’ first round in the fight – in November 2012, 200 workers from fast food chains in New York City walked out and created […]