Rumor of card check's 'death' is greatly exaggerated
Many lawmakers returning home for the Memorial Day break found themselves face to face with union members determined to win passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.
Black trade unionists: Now is the Future.
ATLANTA — The first major gathering of Black trade unionists since the election of Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American president, is taking place in this city this Memorial Day weekend under the theme of “Now is the Future.”
Sen. Sherrod Brown at labor meet: New energy economy is unprecedented opportunity
CLEVELAND — An array of labor leaders, public officials and policy experts gathered here recently to detail the promise and perils for Ohio in the transition to a clean energy, green jobs economy.
Union contract at Yale based on history of struggle
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Four thousand six hundred union workers at Yale University here won a major victory last month. At a joint press conference with Local 35 service and maintenance workers and Local 34 clerical and technical workers, the university announced an early contract agreement including job security and expansion of union representation. President Richard Levin admitted the university’s poor labor relations policy was hurting the institution and had to change.
Workers face increasing abuse in attempts to form unions
On Capitol Hill, labor law experts and a California worker exposed the ugly truth about corporate abuses of workers trying to exercise their freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.
Unionists protest big bonuses to bad execs
WASHINGTON (PAI) — Chanting and waving signs saying that it’s time to “take back our economy” for workers, unionists in Washington and dozens of other cities nationwide spent March 19 protesting big bonuses to lousy executives.
Workers tell lawmakers of unionizations benefits as Employee Free Choice Act is introduced
WASHINGTON (PAI) - Workers, economists and scholars told the Senate Labor Committee on March 10 that increasing unionization, by making forming unions easier, would help all workers -- union and non-union -- in a time of economic distress, as the Employee Free Choice Act was formally introduced.
THIS WEEK IN LABOR: June 28, 2008
House backs paid leave for federal workers Supreme Court kills company neutrality law Mine safety mandates yet to be instituted Working mothers hit McCain on sex discrimination bill
Unions election drive means TV, money and troops
A mother holds a baby boy on her lap. She says: “Hi, John McCain, this is Alex, he’s my first.
Cleveland labor: Now is the time to unite
CLEVELAND — Delegates to the North Shore (Cleveland) AFL-CIO Federation of Labor erupted in cheers and applause when President Loree Soggs, referring to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, opened his report to the June 11 meeting saying, “We now have a candidate.”
