worker rights
Labor Secretary Perez vows to grow middle class, “so help me God”
September 13, 2013LOS ANGELES (PAI)-New Labor Secretary Tom Perez virtually threw away his script at the AFL-CIO Convention here, with a stem-winder speech, pledging worker protections, promising labor and the administration would do it together and with several...
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Labor opens house to all U.S. workers
September 12, 2013Resolution 5: "The AFL-CIO hereby invites every worker in the United States to join the labor movement either through an affiliate or through Working America."
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In bold resolution, AFL-CIO calls for labor law overhaul
September 12, 2013"Our nation's basic labor law, the National Labor Relations Act, no longer fulfills its promise to U.S. workers," the AFL-CIO said in a bold resolution passed during the federation's convention.
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Indiana judge finds right-to-work unconstitutional
September 11, 2013An Indiana judge ruled the state's "right-to-work" (for less) law is unconstitutional.
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Trumka urges “culture shift” to build “real working class movement”
September 11, 2013In his keynote speech to the AFL-CIO convention, federation President Richard Trumka called for a new type of labor movement, one that fights for all working people's interests.
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