labor law
AFL-CIO leaders: GOP suing Obama to conceal its non-agenda
August 1, 2014Republican House Speaker Boehner is pushing a lawsuit against Obama to deflect attention from the fact that there are unmet needs in this country and his party has no agenda.
Read moreKellogg’s lockout of bakery workers headed for court
July 25, 2014The NLRB seeks a court injunction ordering Kellogg's to take the workers back and bargain in good faith with their BCTGM, locked out last Oct.
Read moreIn LA and Illinois, unions fight legal battles vs. pension cuts
June 3, 2014The LA pension case affects 20,000 present municipal workers and the Illinois case affects 621,000 workers and retirees.
Read moreNLRB heads to court to stop Kellogg’s lockout of Memphis workers
April 11, 2014The decision to head for court “recognizes Kellogg’s illegal positions and iron-fisted conduct were so destructive to these workers’ rights ."
Read moreToday in labor history: The International Labor Organization founded
January 30, 2014After the devastation of WWI, a commission was established to pursue a vision based on the premise that universal, lasting peace can be established only if it is based on social justice, and the ILO was...
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