NLRB
AFL-CIO to squeeze Senate Dems on NLRB
February 26, 2013"We have decided," said Larry Cohen, president of CWA, "that in today's America it is unacceptable that we cannot fill the position on a labor board designed to protect the rights of American workers."
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Machinists sound out Boeing workers in S.C.
October 29, 2012The prospects of launching an organizing drive at the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft construction plant in anti-union South Carolina...
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Workers for Walmart subcontractor forced to strike over warehouse conditions
September 14, 2012The strike followed years of lousy working conditions -- including 100-degree-plus interior temperatures -- and management refusal to even meet with them on the problems, much less listen.
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Unions demand that Romney fire his labor advisor
March 27, 2012The AFL-CIO demanded that Mitt Romney fire his chief labor advisor for improper use of inside information obtained from his federal government connections.
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Congress staggers home to angry constituents
January 3, 2012The God-forsaken Republican-run 112th Congress staggered home for an almost month-long recess. After what it did and did not do, workers and their allies are using the break to give those lawmakers an earful.
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