The AFL-CIO’s Working America site has created a new online database to facilitate organizing around labor issues. The database contains information on more than 60,000 companies and allows users to find companies in their area that have exported jobs overseas, endangered workers’ health, or have violated workers rights’ under the National Labor Relations Act.
A search for companies in the West Michigan area found that 26 companies have exported jobs from West Michigan, 45 have laid off workers because of international trade, 144 have had violations of safety and health regulations, and 11 have violated the National Labor Relations Act.
