Labor

1.5 million to Capitol Hill: Pass Employee Free Choice Act

February 5, 2009

WASHINGTON (PAI)--Before a chilled crowd of almost 4,000 people, and standing among boxes named by state and symbolizing the 1.4 million cards, letters and e-mails sent to Congress, organized labor launched this year’s drive to pass...

Unions press Senate to back stimulus bill

February 4, 2009

Reposted from Workday Minnesota WASHINGTON - Unions and their allies, working both through ground troops and over the air, are pushing senators of both parties to approve the giant economic stimulus bill now moving through Congress.

$3 Million for Super Bowl Ad $3 for workers who paid for it

February 2, 2009

Original source: Nearly 100 million football fans across the country will be tuning in to watch Bruce Springsteen belt out his trademark songs celebrating America’s workers during halftime at the Super Bowl this evening. They also...

Ohio rally hits Chamber of Commerce union-busting forum

January 28, 2009

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- The Chamber of Commerce here got much more turnout for the anti-union seminar at the local country club than they expected, or wanted, for that matter. The Ross County Chamber had issued a...

Human Rights Watch: employee free choice is a human right

January 28, 2009 By Seth Michaels

Original source: Under current labor law, the United States is strikingly deficient in protecting freedom of association and the freedom to form unions, says a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), an independent human-rights advocacy...