Dear Representative, I am writing to respectfully urge you to vote “NO” on House Bill 1507 and Senate Bill 1034, the so-called “paycheck protection” legislation. This legislation has nothing to do with protecting anyone’s paycheck or their rights in the…
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Supreme Court case highlights U.S. labor agency political divide
By Amanda Becker and Carlyn Kolker (Reuters) – When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Monday in a case involving soda bottler Noel Canning Corp., presidential appointment power will be the main dispute, but the case will also put…
A Farewell to Retirement Security: What the loss of pensions at Boeing means for U.S. workers.
BY Stephen Franklin – Back in organized labor’s heyday, United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1010, in Hammond, Ind., decided to fight for pensions. It wasn’t a foolish notion. Some American workers had pensions, and new U.S. labor laws and rulings had…
Get Ready! Right-To-Work Fight Coming To Pennsylvania!
By The PA. AFL-CIO – Please be advised, a major effort is now underway in Pennsylvania, funded by many of the same out-of-state billionaires and PACs that brought Right-To-Work (For Less) laws to Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan. The legislation being…
Poll: Voters want unemployment aid extended and minimum wage raised
By Laura Clawson A new poll finds Democrats on the winning side of two major issues of 2014: unemployment aid and the minimum wage. Quinnipiac finds 71 percent support for raising the minimum wage and 58 percent support for extending…
