Labor
CWA members welcome Obamas Middle Class Task Force to St. Cloud plant
March 21, 2009ST. CLOUD, Minn. (PAI) — Members of Communications Workers of America Local 7304 welcomed Vice President Joseph Biden and members of the Obama administration’s Middle Class Task Force” for a town hall meeting March 19 at...
Read moreWal-Mart forced to bargain, finally, with Texas meat cutters
March 21, 2009JACKSONVILLE, Texas (PAI) — It took almost nine years, a National Labor Relations Board ruling and several court orders, but Wal-Mart was finally forced to bargain with its unionized meat cutters in Texas. Talks opened in...
Read moreObama: We should make it easier for workers to organize
March 20, 2009Although the focus on the Employee Free Choice Act is on the U.S. House and the Senate, it’s important to remember the reason we’re closer than ever to passing this critical bill is because working people...
Read moreNew study shows lack of understanding of meatpacking industry and immigration
March 20, 2009Mark Twain once noted, ‘Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.’ This new report by the Center for Immigration Studies is a case study in the misinterpretation and manipulation of data to reach a totally biased and...
Read moreAmericas choice: Union, yes!
March 20, 2009Why the Employee Free Choice Act will benefit the economy, democracyMost Americans are working harder than ever as the “good life” they dream about for themselves and their children slips further and further out of their...
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