Labor
Labor unites around new immigrant workers rights initiative
April 16, 2009A major breakthrough has occurred in the long running struggle for the rights of immigrant workers and their families. On Tuesday representatives of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win, the country’s major labor union federations, announced...
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Labor: Bank bailout money being misspent
April 15, 2009When Bank of America stockholders gather in Charlotte, N.C. on April 29 they will probably breathe a sigh of relief when, after they make their way past the thousands of protesters outside, they finally get to...
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Why the Employee Free Choice Act is good for Black community
April 15, 2009Original source: Black Voice News Online http://www.blackvoicenews.com/content/view/43078/3/ The freedom to form and join unions is a fundamental right protected by our constitutional freedom of association, our nation’s labor laws, and international human rights laws, including the...
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A first for N. America: A union contract at Wal-Mart
April 14, 2009Canadian workers at the Wal-Mart store in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec became the only Wal-Mart employees in North America to be covered by a union contract when an arbitrator April 8 ruled in their favor more than four...
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The fight for employee free choice: Alive and well!
April 14, 2009“I am here to assure everyone that rumors about the impending death of the Employee Free Choice Act are decidedly premature.” The statement was made by Arlene Holt-Baker, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, last week,...
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