New Orleans day laborers want wage theft criminalized
Post-Katrina New Orleans has become the center of a national effort to protect migrant day laborers from wage theft.
Contract arbitration: Critical to workers freedom to bargain
One of the critical provisions of the Employee Free Choice Act would guarantee that workers who form a union get a fair first contract.
Pride, anger mix as Chrysler workers watch plants shut down
FENTON, Mo. — As the crowd swells and hundreds of UAW members line the entrance to the Chrysler North and South Assembly plants here today, I can’t help but think of my grandfather. He gave over 30 years to Chrysler.
Done crying, today shell even smile minimum wage & one moms story
MERIDEN, Kan. — Celeste Henderson is a living, breathing mom who is in the news today, but only as a statistic. She’s one of the millions of American low-wage workers directly affected by Friday’s hike in the national minimum wage from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour.
Please come to Pittsburgh
They say that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Maybe, at times, that’s true. This is about what is going to happen in another city, however — the home of the Pirates, Steeltown, USA, — the city of Pittsburgh. Consider this an invitation to come with us to that city this September to help launch something that will definitely not stay in Pittsburgh.
Media on card check Wrong or just missing the point?
Just days after the New York Times and other media outlets reported recently that a group of senators “dropped” the majority sign-up provision of the Employee Free Choice Act, the Service Employees International Union responded with an online petition campaign demanding that both houses of Congress schedule an up or down vote on the provision, either as part of the EFCA or by itself.
Trumka at NAACP: Building union power means taking on racism
Remarks by Richard L. Trumka, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, 100th Annual NAACP Convention, New York, N.Y., July 15, 2009. Thank you. Wow, after an introduction like that I can't wait to hear what I have to say!
Union petitions Congress for vote on majority signup
Andy Stern, president of the 2.5-million-member Service Employees International Union, launched a national petition drive today to insist that both the House and Senate schedule an up or down vote on allowing workers to form a union by majority signup, either as part of the Employee Free Choice Act or as a separate amendment.
Deaths among Latino workers rise
The number of Latino workers who die on the job has risen 76 percent since 1992, even as the total number of workplace deaths has declined, federal statistics show.
NEWS ANALYSIS Getting closer than ever to majority signup
Speculation in the major media about the alleged “dropping” of majority signup from the Employee Free Choice Act, coming now as the nation is on the verge of radical labor law reform, must be viewed, at the very least, with extreme skepticism. The speculation tells us little about what is really at stake in the fight around the legislation.
