By Josh Eidelson – A Supreme Court case to be heard this month could deal another body blow to the embattled U.S. labor movement. The case, Harris v. Quinn, offers the court’s conservative majority a chance to make so-called right…
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Obama Administration Stays Quiet as Boeing Strikes Major Blow to Pensions
By Mike Elk – On Friday, yet another nail was put in the coffin of the defined-benefit pension in America. According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the percentage of U.S. private-sector retirement plans with defined benefits fell by half…
Wisconsin Lawmaker Wants To Take Away Workers Weekends
By Bryce Covert Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R) is pushing to undo the state’s law that employers have to provide their employees with at least one day off a week, the Huffington Post reports. The Huffington Post obtained an…
Our Thanks And Appreciation For Meeting The Many Challenges We Faced Together In 2013
From The PA. AFL-CIO – We Look Forward To Working Together In 2014 To Achieve More Prosperity For Pennsylvania’s Working Families Rick, Frank, and the entire (PA. AFL-CIO) staff express their thanks and appreciation to all of you who joined…
For The Unemployed, Ideas To Help Bridge The Gap To Work
By Chris Arnold When members of Congress return to work next week, at the top of the “to-do” list is whether to renew emergency unemployment benefits. An extension of the benefits , which means 1.3 million out-of-work Americans are no…
