workers rights
Union gets second chance for vote after company shenanigans
December 12, 2011It's a classic case showing how employers manipulate voter lists to defeat union organizing drives, but the NLRB has given workers a second chance at winning representation.
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Labor Board: Locked out workers covered by labor law
December 9, 2011In an unusual situation, the NLRB ruled, in a case involving a Bronson, Mich., auto parts maker, that locked-out workers are still "employees" of the company and covered by labor law.
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Occupiers message to Congress: All we want for Christmas is good jobs
December 7, 2011Protesters from Ohio sat down in the corridor outside House Speaker John Boehner's office, "bearding the corporate Grinch in his den."
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Sugar CEO calls union workers a “cancer”
December 2, 2011As American Crystal Sugar's lockout of its workers passed the 4-month mark, workers challenged the lockout at the firm's annual meeting.
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Union vote may end battle with Boeing
December 2, 2011The long and bitter battle over Boeing's retaliation against the Machinists may end with a vote.
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