Labor
Workers tell lawmakers of unionizations benefits as Employee Free Choice Act is introduced
March 11, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI) - Workers, economists and scholars told the Senate Labor Committee on March 10 that increasing unionization, by making forming unions easier, would help all workers -- union and non-union -- in a time of...
Read moreEmployee Free Choice Act introduced in Congress
March 11, 2009The U.S. House and Senate are both introducing the Employee Free Choice Act as we write, launching the legislative battle to restore workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.
Read moreA home is foreclosed every 13 seconds
March 11, 2009Original source: The economic crisis started with home foreclosures, and the numbers are getting worse. According to the Center for Responsible Lending (CLR), a non-partisan research and policy group, some 6,600 homes are foreclosed every day:...
Read moreWomen gain by joining unions
March 10, 2009Original source: Today is International Women’s Day and a new report points out that while all workers gain through union membership, women gain a lot more. A new report released by the International Trade Union Confederation...
Read moreBread and roses 2009: Women need a union
March 9, 2009March 8 International Women's Day was born of the struggles of women in the textile mills in our country at the turn of the last century. They fought and died for better wages and working conditions,...
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