unions
House GOP ambushes NLRB, again
March 7, 2014Using the excuse of decrying "ambush elections," the Republican right wingers who dominate the House Education and the Workforce Committee ambushed the NLRB at a March 5 hearing on the board's proposal
Read more“Fed up” day laborers launch anti-deportation drive
March 7, 2014When Pilar comes home from work at night, often after toiling for 10-12 hours at the family's tortilla bakery and store, her elder daughter frequently has a question for her."Why isn't my Daddy home?"
Read moreGOP-run Missouri House moving fast on anti-worker agenda
March 4, 2014Unionists mobilized against anti-worker schemes, delivering more than 6,850 handwritten and individual letters to state House Speaker Tim Jones demanding he reject so-called Right to Work legislation.
Read moreGood Jobs First analysis: The corporate rich get richer
March 4, 2014States and cities frequently shower firms with millions of dollars in tax breaks, all in the name of gaining - or keeping - jobs. The corporate rich get richer from it.
Read moreNavy hired company blocking union organizing rights
March 3, 2014An Australian ship building company in Mobile, Ala., hired by the Navy is forcing workers to follow bad construction plans and, at the same time, is blocking their effort to unionize.
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