Labor
AFL-CIO backs reunification talks with Change to Win
March 7, 2009MIAMI -(PAI) An AFL-CIO statement has given the green light to ongoing talks designed to reunify the nation’s competing union federations. As approved by the AFL-CIO Executive Council in Miami Wednesday, the statement says “now is...
Read moreCharter of rights of working women
March 7, 2009Women work every day. No matter where they live, their economic activity is vital to the economy and society at large, their communities, their families and their personal autonomy and growth as human beings.
Read moreBiden tells labor leaders Employee Free Choice Act is a must
March 6, 2009MIAMI — Vice President Biden told the nation’s labor leaders here that passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is “the only way to restore what was the basic bargain in this country – in exchange...
Read morePro-union workers fired in over one-fourth of union election campaigns
March 6, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than one-fourth of all union-representation elections in the 2000s have been marred by an illegal firing of a pro-union worker, according to a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy...
Read moreRemember the working class roots of International Women’s Day
March 6, 2009Reposted from www.straight.com As March 8 quickly approaches, it is a good time for working women to take a moment to remember the historical roots of International Women’s Day and take stock of our current conditions...
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