Poll: Americans Remain Broadly Supportive Of Labor Unions
Americans remain broadly supportive of labor unions, as they have been over the past seven decades, including a 59% approval rating for unions in Gall...
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Will a President Obama Fight for the Employee Free Choice Act?
Pachacutec | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics
Rahm Emanuel's refusal to express the incoming administration's commitment to the Employee Free Choice Act has generated concern for those who see the legislation as critical to any sustainable economic recovery for the middle class.
SAG and the Studios: Post-Prandial Posturing
Jonathan Handel | Posted 12.02.2008 | Entertainment
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Is it really possible, in this economy, that SAG members will vote to authorize a strike? Yes.
SAG Strike Authorization Vote Shifts Into Gear
Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.27.2008 | Entertainment
SAG sent a long email to its members yesterday urging its members to vote yes on strike authorization ballots to be sent out in December.
Working People and Good Jobs are the Foundation of Our Economy, Not the Problem
Terence M. O'Sullivan | Posted 11.26.2008 | Business
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Even more disturbing than the inaccuracy of the attacks against working people is the premise on which they are based.
Judge: CNN Must Re-Hire 100 Fired Union Workers
AFL-CIO Now Blog | James Parks | Posted 11.25.2008 | Media
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This report likely won't be on CNN's "Headline News," but after five years, former workers at CNN have finally gained justice. In a decision made publ...
Big Media: Screw the Auto Workers
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business
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Memo to the media: you want to see the auto industry go down? Fine. But, at least try to give the facts about the cuts, concessions and job losses that workers have taken on in a bid to save their livelihoods.
Playing Offense for the Employee Free Choice Act
Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home
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This week, American Rights at Work launched a substantial nationwide television ad campaign. It emphasizes the fact that far too often, CEOs won't wil...
Together We Are Turning America Around, Support the Employee Free Choice Act
Stewart Acuff | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home
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Almost unnoticed in the well-earned exuberance of the Obama and other pro-worker candidates being elected to public office, is that America's unions h...
The Last Throes of George W. Bush
Christopher Brauchli | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. Sir William Osler, Montreal Medical Journal 1902 There was at least one bit of go...
A Real Solution for America's Struggling Middle Class
Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
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Throughout this historic campaign season, the economy has without a doubt been the most dominant issue on the minds of American voters. Once the turbu...
Boeing Workers End Strike, Return To Work
AP | RORY MARSHALL | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business
SEATTLE — Boeing Co. production workers began returning Sunday night to the factories where they build jetliners, one day after they voted to en...
In Praise of Canvassing: It's Not Too Late to Volunteer
Bruce Raynor | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
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Going to a person's home and talking with them is one of the most meaningful things progressives can do.
SAG Update: Union Meets with Mediator
Jonathan Handel | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment
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SAG leaders met Friday with the federal mediator, and in a statement said that they discussed with him the union's request for mediation and "the possibilities regarding the resumption of negotiations."
On the Ground in Wisconsin, a Union Voter Update
Elana Levin | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics
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United Here is knocking on the doors of members of Change to Win unions telling them how Obama supports working families. On weekends, they volunteer with the Obama campaign too. Their dedication is incredible.
What's Fair Got to Do with the Price of Green Tomatoes?
Leslie Hatfield | Posted 10.15.2008 | Green
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One group is moving ahead with a campaign to pressure corporations to pay a little more (a penny a pound, to be exact) for tomatoes. And they're winning.
Acting Like Change Is at Hand
Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment
Yesterday brought exciting news for many SAG members who voted to elect candidates endorsed by and representing our interests who banded together to form the group Unite for Strength.
John McCain's Support for Working Americans: Not a Message of Change, Just a Changed Message
Terence M. O'Sullivan | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics
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The other day at a political rally Senator John McCain said "there's no place I'd rather be than here with the working men and women of Ohio." It's g...
China Orders Businesses To Unionize
New York Times | David Barboza | Posted 09.12.2008 | Business
SHANGHAI -- Some of the world's biggest corporations are facing intense pressure from China to allow the state-approved union to form in their Chinese...
Employee Free Choice Act Could Be Biggest Reform Since New Deal
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 09.01.2008 | Business
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One of the most important problems that our economy has faced for the last 30 years has been stagnating real wages.
The Department of Labor: A Damage Assessment
Rep. George Miller | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics
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Our nation's workers, battered by unfair global competition, stagnant wages, declining benefits, and poor employer compliance with labor laws, deserve a Department of Labor that lives up to its name.
The War on Labor Day
Elana Levin | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics
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Bill O'Reilly talks about "The War on Christmas," and while that concept has been widely lambasted I'm here today to sound a different alarm -- that there is truly a War on Labor Day.
Obama Will Accept Nomination in Suit Made by Union Members
Elana Levin | Posted 08.28.2008 | Style
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Today everyone will learn what we here at UNITE HERE already knew -- that if you bother to buy fair trade coffee your suit should be "fair trade" too -- and by that I mean union made.
Republicans Putting The "Labor" Back Into Labor Day
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics
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Even though Labor Day was created in 1882 as a "day off for the working man," the Republicans know that in this horrible economy that they created, that our workers shouldn't be taking a day off!
Labor's Election Ground War -- And How The Media Is Missing It
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics
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Karen Ackerman believes the election will very close and the AFL-CIO is launching the "broadest, biggest efforts in its history" -- 250,000 volunteers in 24 priority states will be deployed.
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