workers rights
The stakes for workers’ rights in 2014
November 12, 2013We are now in the midst of a full-fledged class war against America's working people. Those directly firing the shots at the U.S. working class are an array of state lawmakers bought and paid for by...
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Austerity debate remains unresolved after shutdown drama
November 12, 2013There was one victory the neo-Confederate Republicans can claim that even the old Confederacy could not: the ability to shutdown the federal government, a symbol of their supreme distaste for both union and democracy.
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Today in labor history: Supreme Court used Taft-Hartley Act to break a steel strike
November 7, 2013In 1947 the 81st Congress, controlled by Republicans for the first time since 1930, overruled President Truman's veto and rammed the Taft-Hartley Law through Congress, severely limited strike activities .
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Today in labor history: Hollywood writers begin epic strike
November 5, 2013On Nov. 5, 2007, some 12,000 movie and television writers were forced to go on strike over when industry executives refused to structure compensation in their contract for content delivered over the Internet and via DVDs.
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Workplace discrimination has no place in America, pass ENDA now
November 5, 2013In 2013, it's difficult to believe that in many parts of the country, it's legal to fire workers for their sexual orientation or gender identity. I
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