collective bargaining
Unionbusters target crews that run Washington’s ferry boats
April 7, 2011The ferry system in Washington is a beloved mode of travel, a throwback to simpler times, renowned for safe, reliable service, yet lawmakers are trying to strip ferry workers of their collective bargaining rights.
Read moreLabor law enforcer: “I’m not dead yet!”
April 7, 2011Collective bargaining remains one of the few effective ways to preserve the American middle class, the chair of the National Labor Relations Board says.
Read moreWorkers target bank backing Gov. Walker
March 24, 2011The Marshall & Ilesley Bank, the largest in Wisconsin, with branches throughout the Midwest has become the target of the Sheet Metal Workers and their union brothers and sisters in Canada.
Read more“States’ rights” Republicans killing democracy, state by state
March 15, 2011Major assaults on democracy are underway on the local level in dozens of states.
Read moreDefeat Ohio’s SB5
March 3, 2011Today 36% of public workers are union members which corresponds very closely to 37% of the total U.S. workforce unionized from the 1960s to 1980s.
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