worker rights
Labor board rules would make it easier to unionize
June 22, 2011The National Labor Relations Board proposed new rules this week that address a major problem the Employee Free Choice Act was designed to solve.
Read moreWisconsin, the law, and Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson
June 22, 2011Reading the judge's dissent last week, I was not surprised that she maintained her integrity, as I witnessed it first-hand when I knocked on her door three years ago.
Read moreNo such thing as too big for justice
June 21, 2011The conservative-dominated Supreme Court ruled that Wal-Mart is too big to face class action justice, but America's workers think otherwise.
Read morePush for 1 million Ohioans against SB 5
June 21, 2011We Are Ohio announced Friday that 714,000 signatures had already been collected, more than triple the required amount, in the drive to repeal the anti-worker law.
Read moreUnions hit GOP “verification” scheme
June 20, 2011AFL-CIO President Trumka and Service Employees Secretary-Treasurer Medina are blasting the GOP's latest anti-worker gambit: Forcing firms to use a faulty employee verification scheme, called "E-verify."
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