workers rights – Page 119

GOP forces anti-labor provisions into transport bills

February 3, 2012 By John Wojcik

That rewrite, an attempt to end a fight over union recognition votes at airlines and railroads, ended up leaving workers and their unions with the short end of the stick.

Arizona next battleground in workers’ rights war

February 2, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Neither the state AFL-CIO's efforts nor the special election recall loss in November of a key radical right ally stopped GOP Gov. Jan Brewer

Thousands join picket lines at Kaiser Permanente’s California hospitals

February 1, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Thousands of workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California marched on picket lines.

Union membership up slightly, despite attacks

January 31, 2012 By John Wojcik

Membership in unions increased by 49,000 from 2010 to 2011, including 15.000 new members in the 16 to 24-year-old range.

Egypt’s new labor movement comes of age

January 31, 2012 By Ben Moxham

The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has just announced to Egypt and the world that it has come of age.