By host on
7/30/2009 12:31 PM
A group of Canadian scholars is helping to cut through the myths and lay out the facts about the Employee Free Choice Act. These 100 scholars and professors agree workers need the freedom to form unions and bargain for a healthy economy.
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By host on
7/28/2009 10:17 AM
Last week, the Hawaii State Legislature overrode the governor’s veto of a bill that gives thousands of workers the freedom to form unions without interference from their bosses.
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By host on
7/28/2009 9:35 AM
Leading House members introduced legislation today to ensure that workers do not lose wages while the U.S. Department of Labor investigates wage theft by some employers who may drag out such investigations. The legislation is in response to a comprehensive Government Accountability Office investigation into the federal government agency responsible for taking and investigating complaints of minimum wage, overtime and child labor violations.
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By host on
7/27/2009 11:32 AM
Tired of paying through the roof to heat and air condition your home? One way to lower your home energy costs is with an annual maintenance contract from your local union HVAC service provider. A highly trained union maintenance technician will carefully inspect your heating and air conditioning (HVAC) system to keep it running at peak efficiency and save you money and energy.
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By host on
7/27/2009 11:16 AM
The Sheet Metal Workers International Association is cutting all contributions to political candidates and using the money instead to get a good health care reform bill passed. Doug Cunningham reports.
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By host on
7/24/2009 11:43 AM
 Drawing his first line in the sand on health care, Democratic President Barack Obama said he will veto any bill that taxes workers’ health care benefits.
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By host on
7/17/2009 10:19 AM
By a 13-10 party-line vote, with all the Democrats voting for it, the first health care overhaul bill emerged from a congressional committee on July 15. The Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee’s bill, including a public insur-ance option to compete with private insurers, drew cheers from unionists, derision from business and the Radical Right -- and “no” votes from every committee Republican.
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By host on
7/16/2009 10:38 AM
It comes as no surprise to Union members, however, a new study released today by UC-Berkeley finds that unions help families at a time when workers are forced to work more hours in an increasingly unstable environment, and as the social system in our country is being chipped away.
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By host on
7/2/2009 11:07 AM
SMWIA General President Michael J. Sullivan was interviewed earlier today on the Bill Press Show where he discussed the proposed health benefits tax that would punish middle class Americans. The plan, originally concocted by the conservative Heritage Foundation and supported by conservative presidential candidates since Ronald Reagan has become a linchpin of Republican efforts to spoil new health care legislation through the tax's effect as a "poison pill" working Americans will find difficult to swallow.
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By host on
7/1/2009 1:52 PM
On Friday June 5th a major infrastructure announcement was made at the site of what will be a new $45 million transit facility in Oakville. The new facility was just one of the 1373 projects selected under the previously announced joint federal and provincial Infrastructure Stimulus Investmentand Building Canada funds.
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