
Attacks on NLRB are attacks on working families
Why have Republicans and tea partiers gotten so riled up about the NLRB? Answer: Because it's doing its job.

Texas AFL-CIO meet was bright spot in dark sky
Labor leaders in Texas came together to renew the call for jobs, livable wages, human services and democratic reforms for state workers and workers across the nation.
Labor board: Employers must prove hardship claims
The top enforcement official of the National Labor Relations Board is telling his regional officers to look at employers' "inability to pay" claims and at specific union demands for financial data, simultaneously.
IKEA says it's ready to talk
After receiving 20,000 complaints from people angry about how it treats its workers here, IKEA has agreed to meet with the union trying to organize them.

“Greed on steroids” at Missouri water company
American Water made $268 million in profits last year and paid its top seven executives a combined $12.5 million, but wants big cuts from workers, the union says.
Federal agency to probe Delta flight attendants vote
The National Mediation Board acted in response to evidence brought by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
GOP lawmakers bash unions and labor board
Republicans on the House Education and the Workforce Committee veered between criticizing unions and bashing the the NLRB.

