Labor
1.5 million to Capitol Hill: Pass Employee Free Choice Act
February 5, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI)--Before a chilled crowd of almost 4,000 people, and standing among boxes named by state and symbolizing the 1.4 million cards, letters and e-mails sent to Congress, organized labor launched this year’s drive to pass...
Read moreUnions press Senate to back stimulus bill
February 4, 2009Reposted from Workday Minnesota WASHINGTON - Unions and their allies, working both through ground troops and over the air, are pushing senators of both parties to approve the giant economic stimulus bill now moving through Congress.
Read more$3 Million for Super Bowl Ad $3 for workers who paid for it
February 2, 2009Original source: Nearly 100 million football fans across the country will be tuning in to watch Bruce Springsteen belt out his trademark songs celebrating America’s workers during halftime at the Super Bowl this evening. They also...
Read moreOhio rally hits Chamber of Commerce union-busting forum
January 28, 2009CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- The Chamber of Commerce here got much more turnout for the anti-union seminar at the local country club than they expected, or wanted, for that matter. The Ross County Chamber had issued a...
Read moreHuman Rights Watch: employee free choice is a human right
January 28, 2009Original source: Under current labor law, the United States is strikingly deficient in protecting freedom of association and the freedom to form unions, says a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), an independent human-rights advocacy...
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