Updated: It has been reported that Multiple Union Trades are on strike at the Pa. Convention Center including those representing the Stagehands, Teamsters, riggers and Carpenters with the electricians honoring their picket lines as contracts expired today/Thursday at 12:01am. Stay…
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NLRB Nominees Are Confirmed, Senate Moves to Confirm All Five Obama Nominees, Erasing Doubts About Validity of Board
By MELANIE TROTTMAN WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm President Barack Obama’s full slate of five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, erasing doubts about the validity of the board and its future actions. Questions about the…
The Force Behind Bills To Lower Wages and Suppress Workers’ Rights? You Guessed It: ALEC
The right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council has modeled legislation to strip workers of their rights nationwide. BY Mary Bottari and Rebekah Wilce for the Center for Media and Democracy – According to a new analysis by the Center for Media…
Before opposing those walking the line, understand what your actually looking at first!
Here’s some Food For Thought. When you oppose unions and union members who are picketing a non-union job site, you are most likely supporting an employer who is taking advantage of it’s workers. Fighting injustice ain’t pretty, but someone has…
Social Security Cuts Heating up in Congress, While Coalition of Labor Union Women Fights the Flames
By The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) – This summer CLUW has been working hard to battle the heat brought from Congress to cut Social Security by means of a new “Chained Consumer Price Index (CPI)” formula. Currently Social…
