Study: U.S. Has Weakest Labor Protections Among Rich Nations

  A new international comparison makes it clear just how weak  protections are for working people in the United States. University of Missouri-St. Louis Associate Professor Kenneth Thomas reviewed numbers from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and found that in 21 categories, U.S. workers are more vulnerable than workers in any [OECD] mewmbers (rich industrialized...