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Union Membership Numbers Don't Tell the Whole Story

Sarita Gupta | Posted 03.25.2013 | Business
Read More: Walmart, Collective Bargaining, Union Density, Port Truck Drivers, Ikea, Organizing, Labor, Workers, Koch Brothers, Corporations, Economy, Worker Misclassification, Scott Walker, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Nlra, Unions, Rick Snyder, Union Membership Rate, Union Membership Numbers, Business News
Sarita Gupta

Without placing a priority on creating not just jobs but good, union jobs, our economy will remain at a standstill for anyone but the 1 percent.

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The Employee Free Choice Act is Back; The National Labor Relations Board has Awakened a Sleeping Giant

Wendy N. Powell | Posted 08.22.2011 | Politics
Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Nlrb, President Obama, Efca, Congress, Wendy Powell, Nlra, George-Meany, George Mcgovern, Politics News
Wendy N. Powell

Keep an eye out for the newly proposed changes to the National Labor Relations Act. They are remarkably similar to the Employee Free Choice Act. The ...

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The Arrogance of FedEx

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Sec, Faa, Fred Smith, Boeing, FedEx Corp, Federal Aviation Administration, Congress, Nlra, Teamsters, Rla, Business News
James P. Hoffa

FedEx CEO Fred Smith is always full of surprises. First, he threatened to pull his Boeing contract if Congress passes a provision of the Federal Aviat...

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No Hoax: Pass Employee Free Choice Act to Revive Economy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Efca, Bailout Money, Ceos, Ceo, Employee Free Choice Act, Wall Street Speculators, Abraham Lincoln, Panics, Nlra, Anti-Union Lobbyists, Great Depression, National Labor Relations Act, Sub-Prime Mortgages, All-Clad, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Workers must vanquish the new hoax being perpetrated by conservatives, greedy CEOs and other labor union-haters. Workers must win the freedom that they had in 1935 to choose how to form their unions.

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Yes, Obama Can Honor Cesar Chavez's Legacy

Randy Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Cesar Chavez, Labor, Ufw, Farmworkers, Labor Unions, Workers, Nlra, Politics News
Randy Shaw

President Obama harnessed the "Yes We Can " spirit in winning the presidency. He can now honor Cesar Chavez's legacy by giving farm workers federal labor protections at least equal to those afforded other workers.

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