Public Workers – Page 26

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.

Instead of attacking workers, how about some jobs?

April 27, 2011 By Judy Ancel

"Right to Work" backers say it's about putting people back to work, but if we look at the latest state to enact such a proposal, it just isn't true.

Florida labor fights “paycheck protection”

April 26, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Florida's labor movement is fighting against a bill, supported by the state's Chamber of Commerce and legislature, that would strip public sector unions of their right to engage in political activity.

Scenes from an uprising: Chicago We Are One (Video)

April 13, 2011 By Scott Marshall

10,000 trade unionists and their supporters from around Chicago and Illinois poured into Daley Plaza downtown.

African Americans, women and youth hit hard

April 12, 2011

The Republican assault on the public sector threatens to accelerate the rate at which public employees are being laid off, with especially dire consequences for African Americans and women.