Labor
Union activist appointed to Labor Department
April 27, 2009WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has appointed a key union activist as senior adviser to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, another sign of the influence that organized labor wields in the Obama administration. Mary Beth Maxwell...
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Labor, allies resolve to line up 60 pro-EFCA votes in the Senate
April 25, 2009A crowd of workers, labor leaders and community activists launched the most determined lobbying effort yet for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act at an April 22 Washington press conference. AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene...
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Home child care providers are paid so little, theyre losing homes, cars
April 25, 2009LANSING, Mich. — They are 40,000 strong and they feed, clean, and teach Michigan’s young, in their most formative pre-school years. And for doing such an important job, what do they earn? “In Wayne County, we...
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May Day, a great time to discuss labor unity
April 24, 2009May Day is a great time to think about labor unity. It is not a static thing. Labor does not “arrive” at a final place called “unity.” Labor unity, like the broader fight for working class...
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Coops and the global financial crisis
April 24, 2009Cooperatives have been more resilient to the deepening global economic and jobs crisis than other sectors. ILO Online spoke with Hagen Henry, chief of the ILO’s Cooperatives Branch. The ILO is the International Labor Organization, created...
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