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Oklahoma repeals collective bargaining for city workers

April 29, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Oklahoma is expected to pass a measure that would repeal the rights of non-uniformed state employees to bargain for their wages and working conditions.

Drive opens to repeal union-busting Ohio law

April 27, 2011 By Rick Nagin

Tens of thousands of petitions are hitting the streets of Ohio to repeal Senate Bill 5, a drastic union-busting law led by the Republican-controlled state legislature and signed by Gov. John Kasich.

Recall fight makes history in Wisconsin

April 19, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Supporters of public-sector unions in Wisconsin filed enough petition signatures to force two Republican senators into recall elections, only four of which have ever been carried out in the state's history.

Unionbusters target crews that run Washington’s ferry boats

April 7, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

The ferry system in Washington is a beloved mode of travel, a throwback to simpler times, renowned for safe, reliable service, yet lawmakers are trying to strip ferry workers of their collective bargaining rights.

Labor law enforcer: “I’m not dead yet!”

April 7, 2011 By Barb Kucera

Collective bargaining remains one of the few effective ways to preserve the American middle class, the chair of the National Labor Relations Board says.