Labor
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...
Read moreAT&T announces $3.2 billion profit, continues stalling in contract talks
April 24, 2009CHICAGO - While announcing a $3.2 billion quarterly profit April 22, AT&T officials remained silent about their intransigence in ongoing contract negotiations with the Communications Workers of America union that involve 100,000 workers in the company’s...
Read moreIllinois workers fight racist, anti-union harassment
April 22, 2009Workers at Commercial Forged Products (CFP) have had enough. After signing a new contract last year, 60 members of USWA Local 2154 have endured a constant stream of attacks and African American and Latino workers have...
Read moreCall to action: Nation needs labors mobilized strength, now!
April 21, 2009We are now in a time of great opportunity and tremendous danger. This past year, our nation’s people were active and mobilized like no time since the New Deal. We rose up and gave the boot...
Read moreBusiness bankrolls study claiming job losses from Employee Free Choice Act
April 21, 2009Original source: The battle over the Employee Free Choice Act kicked off with versions of the bill being introduced in the House and Senate -- and with it a flurry of claims about what the landmark...
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