worker rights
‘We will not be denied,’ top labor leader says
March 1, 2010As nation's labor leaders meet, AFL-CIO's Arlene Holt Baker says, "We will not lower our expectations, because the American people are not lowering theirs."
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After NLRB vote, senators call to end filibuster rule
February 10, 2010President Obama's nomination of labor lawyer Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board was squashed in a Republican filibuster in the Senate yesterday.
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Nelson joins GOP in nixing labor board pick
February 9, 2010Indicating that workers face a tough fight in Congress for labor law reform this year, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., announced last night that he will help filibuster the president's nominee to the nation's most important labor...
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Bush officials orchestrated company’s attacks on Indian “guest workers”
February 8, 2010Bush administration agencies instructed a major corporation on how to harass and deport hundreds of Indian "guest workers" who were protesting their working conditions, newly released documents show.
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Americans get fired for nothing
February 4, 2010Book Review: "Can They Do That? Retaking Our Fundamental Rights in the Workplace"
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