Labor

Workers tell lawmakers of unionizations benefits as Employee Free Choice Act is introduced

March 11, 2009 By Mark Gruenberg

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...

Employee Free Choice Act introduced in Congress

March 11, 2009 By Seth Michaels

The U.S. House and Senate are both introducing the Employee Free Choice Act as we write, launching the legislative battle to restore workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.

A home is foreclosed every 13 seconds

March 11, 2009

Original source: The economic crisis started with home foreclosures, and the numbers are getting worse. According to the Center for Responsible Lending (CLR), a non-partisan research and policy group, some 6,600 homes are foreclosed every day:...

Women gain by joining unions

March 10, 2009

Original source: Today is International Women’s Day and a new report points out that while all workers gain through union membership, women gain a lot more. A new report released by the International Trade Union Confederation...

Bread and roses 2009: Women need a union

March 9, 2009 By Joelle Fishman

March 8 International Women's Day was born of the struggles of women in the textile mills in our country at the turn of the last century. They fought and died for better wages and working conditions,...