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NLRB gives strong backing to majority sign-up

January 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

By a 2-1 vote, the National Labor Relations Board has given strong written support to the use of "majority sign-up" for union recognition.

Ergonomics not on the list of five new safety rules

January 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will roll out five new rules this year designed to protect workers on the job - but a rule to curb ergonomic injuries will not be one of them.

Wal-Mart job-killing “Trojan horse,” says new report

January 12, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Allowing Wal-Mart open a store here would be akin to letting in an economy-killing "Trojan Horse," says this city's Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and he has a study to prove it.

Big business drives Illinois anti-teacher bill

January 6, 2011 By Lance Cohn And John Bachtell

CHICAGO - Under the guise of "school reform," big corporate foundations, banking and speculative hedge fund investors are pulling out all stops to ram an anti-teacher measure through the Illinois state legislature.

Public workers in the bull’s-eye

January 5, 2011 By Scott Marshall

Taking advantage of the economic crisis, the Republicans and Wall Street have placed public workers in the bull's-eye of their attack.