worker rights
Wisconsin lawmakers to vote on GOP gov’s anti-union package
February 16, 2011MADISON, Wis. - Even among this year's new wave of Republican governors, Wisconsin's Scott Walker sticks out for his anti-union, anti-state worker legislative package.
Read moreTaking care of dad in the tea party’s America
February 9, 2011When I stopped into a local fast food restaurant after church, the woman behind the counter explained with tears in her eyes why she had to bring her father to work with her.
Read moreShop Talk: saving jobs, preventing disasters and more
January 22, 2011Not paid at all for three pay periods, 3,750 jobs saved at Kansas City plant, Union credited with saving 700 jobs in Indiana, He wants working families to pay, Coal mine disaster 'preventable'
Read moreHealth reform begins to affect union members covered on the job
January 21, 2011PORTLAND, Ore. - The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, signed into law March 23, 2010, by Democratic President Barack Obama, is starting to affect health insurance plans that union members and their families are...
Read moreWorkers celebrate victory over Starbucks
January 20, 2011Members of the Starbucks Workers Union held demonstrations at branches of the coffee shop giant across Manhattan on Jan. 17, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as they've done for years. This year, the union had something...
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