Senate Candidates Stand Strong for Workers Despite Attack Ads
Region: United StatesPosted by James Parks to AFL-CIO NOW Candidates for Congress are reiterating their support for America’s workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain, despite the efforts of corporate front groups to ... more
Views: 939Wisconsin Union Members: McCain’s Record a Disaster for Women
Region: Wisconsin
Posted by Sue Ledbetter to AFL-CIO NOW In a play for women’s votes, Sen. John McCain held a town hall in Hudson, Wis., to address issues facing women. But workers from around the region turned out at the ev... more
Views: 846Million-Member Mobilization Momentum for Employee Free Choice
Region: United States
Posted by James Parks to AFL-CIO NOW The union movement’s nationwide drive to get at least 1 million signatures in support of the Employee Free Choice Act is gaining momentum. In just four months, nearly&nbs... more
Views: 736Got a Bad Boss? You Could Be in Luck
Region: United States
Posted by Mike Hall to AFL-CIO NOW There are some pretty bad, downright nasty bosses out there and if you work for, or once worked for, the worst of the worst, Working America’s third annual My Bad Boss Contest want... more
Views: 797Union and Environmental Groups Parade 'Toxic Trade'
Region: United States
Posted by Mike Hall to AFL-CIO NOW In the 1950s, the movie monsters and creatures that threatened the American way of life came from black lagoons, outer space and atomic bomb tests. In the 21st century, there&rsq... more
Views: 740Northwest Pilots, Broadway Actors Settle Labor Contracts
Region: New York
By May Silverstein for AFL-CIO NOW Northwest pilots, Broadway actors and utility workers are among those reaching contract agreements in recent days, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” Th... more
Views: 1029NLRB Upholds Workers’ Vote for UAW at Foxwoods Casino
Region: Connecticut
Posted by James Parks to AFL-CIO NOW Workers at Foxwoods Resort Casino called for bargaining for a first contract to begin immediately, following the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) unanimous decisio... more
Views: 1370Honor Officer Rivera: Don't Slash Prison Staffing Budgets
Region: California
By James Parks for AFL-CIO NOW For years, AFGE’s Council of Prison Locals (CPL), the union representing correctional officers in the nation’s federal prisons, has been pushing for more funding and staffing to ... more
Views: 1577Take Back America: Empowering Workers
Region: United States
by Seth Michaels, Mar 19, 2008 Some three-quarters of the American public say we’re in a recession—and by now, most economists agree. Economic inequality is greater than it’s been in generations... more
Views: 871Workers Win Union with ILWU Despite Rite Aid Anti-Union Drive
Region: United States
by James Parks, Mar 18, 2008 The nearly 700 workers at Rite Aid’s distribution center in Lancaster, Calif., overcame a vicious two-year anti-union campaign to gain a voice on the job after voting for International ... more
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