Labor
African American leaders: Employee free choice is civil rights issue of the century
April 11, 2009Civil rights leaders gathered April 8 in Washington D.C. to add their voices to the growing chorus of support for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference...
Read moreSharedAgenda.org promotes freedom from discrimination, freedom to form unions
April 11, 2009A national campaign is promoting the Employee Free Choice Act as critical to the economy, fair workplaces and the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) workers.
Read moreUnion crew avoids pirate takeover, but ships captain held hostage
April 10, 2009Original source: A U.S.-flagged and crewed merchant ship carrying food relief supplies to Kenya was boarded by Somali pirates earlier today some 350 miles off the African coast. According to the latest news reports, the crew...
Read moreOf long fuses and seven league boots: US labor today
April 9, 2009I don’t know if Steven Greenhouse, of the New York Times, writes his own headlines. Doubt it. But I was sure struck by his article headlined, “In America, Labor has an Unusually Long Fuse.” It reminded...
Read morePittsburgh janitors, science center battle over unionization
April 9, 2009Original source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette If the story of the janitors and groundskeepers at the Carnegie Science Center weren't true, it would seem as if the advocates of the Employee Free Choice Act were making it up....
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