Labor
1.5 Million Sign on to support Employee Free Choice; Thousands rally on hill
February 5, 2009Original source: Today on Capitol Hill, thousands of union members and allies gathered to rally for the Employee Free Choice Act, a critical bill to restore the freedom of workers to form unions and bargain.
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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...
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Unions 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.
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$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...
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Ohio 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...
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