workers rights – Page 102

OSHA’s Barab walks fine line on firms’ ‘voluntary protection’

July 10, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

House Republicans demand OSHA emphasize its Voluntary Protection Program while unions and the GAO say OSHA doesn't have the staff to monitor VPP firms' performance.

Contractors’ drug-free ‘pledge’ or the real thing?

July 9, 2012 By Marty Mulcahy

Some arguments can best be won with the opportune use of a good example.

Union workers reject Crystal Sugar’s concession demands

July 6, 2012 By Workday Minnesota

A total of 82 percent of union members voted on the demands. Of those, 63 percent voted to reject Crystal's contract offer.

Judge sides with American Airlines, blocks employees’ vote

June 25, 2012

CWA spent years contacting the customer service reps at American Airlines and was ready to hold a union election just as management took the company into bankruptcy.

Some Republican anti-labor moves derailed, the fight goes on

June 20, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Three narrow votes in a key Senate committee and some crafty maneuvering by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., derailed anti-labor schemes that right-wing Republican senators hatched and floated in mid-June.