Job Tracker A Huge Hit

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Working America’s astonishing – and sobering – Job Tracker launched so successfully last week that the site was temporarily overwhelmed with traffic. The brand-new website exposes which companies are guilty of outsourcing jobs, as well as which have safety and health violations. “Just enter your ZIP code, and Job Tracker will find corporate traitors near you,” Online Mobilization Coordinator Manny Herrmann promises. A quick check of metro DC reveals a whopping 6,144 companies with OSHA violations, 351 companies that filed a notice under Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), which indicates an anticipated plant closing or mass layoff of workers, 9 companies exporting jobs and 6 companies laying off workers due to trade. The Job Tracker also tracks companies with NLRA violations and employment discrimination citations. “For the first time, working people have one place to see the real impact of outsourcing, bad trade deals and currency manipulation,” adds Herrmann. “Every corporate traitor Working America exposes—and every company you and your friends, co-workers and family add—makes a stronger case for holding corporations accountable.”