Labor

                
  • UPDATE Citigroup, AIG, on taxpayer dole, lead charge vs. worker rights

    UPDATE Citigroup, AIG, on taxpayer dole, lead charge vs. worker rights

    March 12, 2009

    WASHINGTON — Organized labor hit the ground running March 10, bringing hundreds of workers to the capital to visit their senators and representatives to urge passage of the Employee Free Choice Act on the day it...

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  • Employee Free Choice Act introduced in Congress

    Employee Free Choice Act introduced in Congress

    March 11, 2009 By Seth Michaels

    The U.S. House and Senate are both introducing the Employee Free Choice Act as we write, launching the legislative battle to restore workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.

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  • A home is foreclosed every 13 seconds

    A home is foreclosed every 13 seconds

    March 11, 2009

    Original source: The economic crisis started with home foreclosures, and the numbers are getting worse. According to the Center for Responsible Lending (CLR), a non-partisan research and policy group, some 6,600 homes are foreclosed every day:...

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  • Women gain by joining unions

    Women gain by joining unions

    March 10, 2009

    Original source: Today is International Women’s Day and a new report points out that while all workers gain through union membership, women gain a lot more. A new report released by the International Trade Union Confederation...

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  • Bread and roses 2009: Women need a union

    Bread and roses 2009: Women need a union

    March 9, 2009 By Joelle Fishman

    March 8 International Women's Day was born of the struggles of women in the textile mills in our country at the turn of the last century. They fought and died for better wages and working conditions,...

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