Labor
Contracts cant be brokenunless they involve union workers
March 19, 2009Original source: Contracts can’t be broken. We learned that lesson well over the past few days when AIG honchos swore that despite being bailed out by $173 billion in taxpayer funds, they couldn’t break the sacrosanct...
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Rush Limbaugh joins CEOs with anti-Employee Free Choice threats
March 19, 2009CLEVELAND – The labor movement here is actively mobilizing to support the Employee Free Choice Act, which would weaken the ability of companies to intimidate workers from joining a union.
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The fight for the EFCA in the land of Wal-Mart
March 19, 2009Original source: In the battle surrounding the Employee Free Choice Act, legislators from one Southern state could make all the difference. Arkansas could be pushed front-and-center in the coming months as the showdown over the pro-worker...
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Brazils president, Sweeney discuss global economy
March 17, 2009Original source: AFL-CIO President John Sweeney met with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva this past weekend, prior to Lula’s White House meeting with President Obama. Lula, a metalworker and internationally recognized trade union leader...
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Stimulus creates opportunities for unions in the new clean-energy economy
March 17, 2009Reposted from Workday Minnesota ST. PAUL - President Barack Obama last month signed into law a $787 billion economic stimulus package that invests heavily in sweeping clean-energy and energy-efficiency programs. Proponents of the stimulus, including labor...
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