BY David Moberg – On Thursday, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed that President Obama overstepped the limits of his power in January 2012 when he appointed three members to the National Labor Relations Board during a Senate recess. As part…
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PA. AFL-CIO and Penn State Kick Off New Labor Leadership Training Institute
By The PA. AFL-CIO – President Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Snyder are helping kick-off a new innovative educational experience at Penn State University this week designed to help emerging union leaders further develop their skills to meet the future challenges. The…
PA. LEGISLATIVE ALERT: Anti-Worker, Paycheck Protection (Deception) Bill Voted Out of Committee
**Contact your State Rep and demand that they oppose this bill that is clearly out to weaken our Unions and Pennsylvania Working Families!** HARRISBURG — Paycheck protection could move to the House floor this week a midst dragging budget negotiations…
Which Side Are You On? Inequality and the Case for Unions
By Tim Koechlin – Across the country, Republican legislatures — encouraged and financed, as usual, by corporate money and right wing think tanks — have undertaken a stunning array of initiatives designed to weaken unions and otherwise undermine American workers….
Supreme Court could gut workers’ unions
By Bill Knight – When Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor Dan Sullivan last month called union dues “slavery,” he was echoing not just the familiar, wrong-headed claims of so-called Right To Work types and extremist Republicans. When Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor Dan Sullivan…
