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LABOR UNIONS

Labor unions are legally recognized representatives for workers. The most prominent unions are found among public sector employees, including police officers and teacher. This topic covers the news and analysis on labor unions in the U.S. and abroad.

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Mass. House Votes to End Workers’ Health Care Bargaining Rightsmore

The battle against public service workers such as teachers, firefighters, police officers and others has erupted on an...

Obama Backs Workers, Slams Attacks on Rightsmore

President Obama “strongly disapproves” of the assaults in Ohio, Wisconsin, and elsewhere on workers’ right to bargain...

Seven Questions for Ben Bernankemore

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is poised to become the first chairman of the Fed to hold a public press...

4,340 Killed on the Job; Job Safety Laws ‘Must Be Strengthened’more

    Forty years after the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), “there is much more work to be...

Honor Fallen Workers, Fight for Job Safety on Workers Memorial Daymore

  In hundreds of events around the nation on Workers Memorial Day, April 28, workers will gather together at worksites,...

Report: Equality = Prosperitymore

America is slowly recovering from the Great Recession and long-term economic growth depends on how well we integrate...

U.N. Workers in Struggle for Their Rightsmore

The 67 workers who provide technical hookups for broadcasts and conferencing services at the United Nations are waging...

Judge Orders NFL Owners to Lift Lockoutmore

In a major win for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) and a stern rebuke to league owners, U.S. District Judge Susan...

Appreciating Music Education and All That Jazzmore

   Jazz great Wynton Marsalis is featured in AFT’s “American Educator” report on the importance of music education.

Campaign Launched for Decent Work at Olympics, World Cupmore

    For the first time in history, the world’s two biggest sports events—the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics—are...

Listen, House Republicans: Public Doesn’t Want Medicare Cutmore

  If congressional Republicans were listening to the American public, they wouldn’t be pushing so hard to turn Medicare...

The Fetish of The Dollar: A Lower Dollar Is GOODmore

   For all of those people who criticize empire and for those out there who correctly worry about the unequal...

Koch Brothers Tell Employees Whom to Vote Formore

  The right-wing extremist billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch are not satisfied with spending millions on...

Jobs Clock Tick Tocks as Republicans Can’t Find Time for Jobs Billmore

House Republicans talk the jobs talk, but they sure aren’t walking the jobs walk. Here we are, 109 days into the 112th...

Regs Don't Hurt Wall St Profits--But Still They Work To Kill Rulesmore

   Interesting juxtaposition, I think, in these two press reports. First, the financial industry is doing all it can to...

Celebrate Earth Day with These Green Tipsmore

In honor of Earth Day today, Jennifer Wright Dorr at Union Plus sends us this feature about the Union Plus Green Minute...

Berger-Marks Foundation Announces Edna Award Competitionmore

The Berger-Marks Foundation will honor a young woman leader with its Edna Award. The $10,000 award recognizes a young...

Global Union Movement Calls for End to Repression in Bahrainmore

The union movement around the world and in the United States is calling on the government of Bahrain to lift its state...

New Direction Needed to Exit Global Economic Crisismore

    Global trade union leaders and economists have charted a new direction for the world’s economy in a just-released...

Michigan Scheme Gives Cops Hoses, Fire Fighters Gunsmore

One of the most bizarre and harebrained schemes offered as a way to fight cities’ and towns’ budget problems is a...

Democratic Tomfoolery: Panama and The White House's "Ship Our Job...more

    Why doesn't Bill Daley, the White House Chief of Staff, just come right out and say it: we're going to ram through...

As OSHA Turns Forty, A Look Forwardmore

AFL-CIO Media Outreach Fellow Nora Frederickson sends us this report on a discussion at the Center for American...

Tell Obama, Senate: We Need Fair Budget, Not Robin Hood in Reversemore

Watch Rep. Paul Ryan booed defending tax cuts for the rich. It was no surprise when House Republicans stood together...

Airline Unions Form Global Alliancemore

Fourteen airline unions from the United States and seven other countries have formed a cooperative global organization...

Tell Lawmakers, ‘Don’t Make Us Work ‘Til We Die’more

There is a scary scenario in store if the Republican budget, drafted by Rep. Paul Ryan, is ever implemented.

Top Sources: Labor Unions

  • AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
  • recent posts - blip.tv (beta)
  • Things with Wings
  • blog.winningworkplaces.org
  • CFA Institute Financial NewsBrief
  • PRWeb: Society Hispanic
  • The Economist: Full print edition
  • US labour news from LabourStart
  • BlurtIt
  • dailyreckoning.com

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