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11/21/2008 12:26 PM
For more than six years, Russ Teegardin and Bill Lawhorn have fought to get their jobs back after they were fired for supporting a union at Consolidated Biscuit Co. (CBC) in McComb, Ohio. Even though the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordered the company to rehire the workers, CBC all but ignored the order.
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11/21/2008 12:23 PM
Just before adjourning for the Thanksgiving break, the Senate by a voice vote approved an extension of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for jobless workers who exhaust their benefits before finding new work. This morning, President Bush signed the legislation.
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By host on
11/19/2008 2:06 PM
In the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act, we've seen some crazed talk from CEOs and their front groups opposed to the legislation.
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By host on
11/18/2008 10:50 AM
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama proposed an economic plan that would create 5 million jobs in environmental industries. These so-called "green collar" jobs do, in fact, present the next frontier for U.S. manufacturing, says a new report from Duke University.
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By host on
11/14/2008 2:46 PM
Voters in Oregon and Colorado rejected anti-worker and anti-union initiatives on Nov. 4.
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11/14/2008 11:51 AM
American Rights at Work, representing a broad coalition of labor and workers’ rights advocates, has launched the first new salvo in the fight for the American middle class - a television ad called The Board Room.
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By host on
11/13/2008 3:11 PM
The AFL-CIO launched a broad campaign for economic renewal today that includes an election campaign-style mobilization of millions of union members in support of restoring workers’ freedom to form and join unions and other working family priorities, leaders announced at a meeting of the federation’s Executive Council.
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By host on
11/13/2008 9:52 AM
Efforts to reform the U.S. healthcare system got a big boost as Senator Max Baucus, head of the Senate Finance Committee, proposed creating a national insurance exchange through which millions of uninsured Americans and businesses could get health coverage.
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By host on
11/13/2008 9:45 AM
On October 20 th the Bush Department of Labor (DOL) issued a parting shot to the Davis-Bacon Act. Not since the Reagan Administration has there been a frontal assault on the certified payroll report, which is the central enforcement mechanism available to government investigators responsible for enforcement of the Davis-Bacon Act.
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By host on
11/12/2008 8:37 PM
The momentum for the Employee Free Choice Act is growing. The latest organization to sign on in support of the bill is the National Baptist Convention of America (NBCARead More »
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