workers rights – Page 131

Unions hit GOP’s “Boeing Bill”

July 22, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

What it really is, union leaders say, is a move to strip the NLRB of much of its power to rule for and protect workers' rights.

UAW sues military contractor over union-busting

July 21, 2011

A UAW local filed labor charges against giant military contractor Bell Helicopter for "an attempt to weaken and eliminate the union."

1877 St. Louis General Strike: lessons for today (video)

July 21, 2011 By Scott Marshall

Labor and community activists gathered in Granite City, Ill., to remember the 1877 St. Louis general strike.

Louisiana workers say union jobs break down barriers

July 21, 2011 By John Wojcik

The bosses don't want lots of union workers because they tend to break down the racial divide that has slowed progress in this part of the country ever since the end of the Civil War.

Unionists tell NLRB of election delays, management intimidation

July 19, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Unionists joined a parade of witnesses in the first of two days of NLRB hearings on its proposed rules to streamline union elections. Most of the witnesses were lawyers, including from several notorious union-busting firms.