Union Organizing

For Cesar Chavez Day, Can Pomona College Give Peace a Chance? Si, Se puede!

María Elena Durazo | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: United Farm Workers, Cesar Chavez Day, Undocumented Immigrants, Ufw, Afl-Cio, Immigration, Immigrants, Pomona College, Labor Unions, Cesar Chavez, Immigration Reform, Labor, Organizing, Union Organizing, Maria Elena Durazo, Unite Here, Unions, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Latino Voices News
María Elena Durazo

The fight for a union at Pomona's dining hall continues, and unfortunately, so does the Pomona Administration's opposition.

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As President Lech Walesa Said to President Lula Da Silva

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Lech Walesa, Union Organizing, Poland, Brazil, Capitalism, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Third Way, World News
Benjamin R. Barber

Observing our small bore politicians bickering while America risks fiscal and moral collapse from the vantage point of a ceremony in Gdansk, Poland --...

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Class Warfare and Korea "Free Trade": An Open Letter to UAW, My Union

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Greed, Robert Reich, Class Warfare, Unions, South Korea, Bob King, Free Trade, Afl-Cio, Wages, Uaw, Middle Class, Union Organizing, Nafta, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

So-called "free trade" is part of the relentless class warfare under way in America. And the so-called "free trade" deal with South Korea is no except...

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Federal Labor Agency Vows To Speed Review Of Possibly Illegal Firings

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nlrb, Union Organizing, Illegal Firing, Union Elections, Firing, National Labor Relations Board, Unions, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The federal agency that oversees union elections plans to speed up its review of cases where employees are fired during union organ...

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Too Big Not to Organize: SEIU-International Coalition Try to Unionize the Banks

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Efca, Subprime Mortgages, Cwa, Union Organizing, Financial Reform, Bank of America, Overdraft Fees, Credit Card, Andy Stern, Seiu, Business News
Mike Elk

Why would SEIU, which has risen to prominence during the last 25 years in part by organizing janitors, be interested in organizing bank workers?

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University of Illinois Is in the Black, While Faculty and Students See Red

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Illinois, Union Organizing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Faculty, American Federation of Teachers, Fiscal Crisis, Higher Education, American Association of University Professors, College News
Lennard Davis

When a financial crisis arises, real or not, the administration tends to balance the budget by cutting salaries or new hires and raising student tuition.

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Broadening the Campaign for the Employee Free Choice Act

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Blanche Lincoln, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Union Organizing, Afl-Cio, Stewart Acuff, Union, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

The campaign to pass the Employee Free Choice Act continues to broaden.

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The Heritage Foundation Spreads Lies on YouTube About the Employee Free Choice Act

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Union Organizing, Labor Relations, Efca, Youtube, Labor Unions, Unions, The Heritage Foundation, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The right to organize independent labor unions and to collectively bargain is what built the American middle class. The Heritage Foundation would like to take away that right.

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Employee Free Choice Act Could Be Biggest Reform Since New Deal

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Labor, Labor Day, Employee Free Choice Act, Union Organizing, Wages, Organized Labor, Unions, Labor Unions, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Productivity, Business News
Mark Weisbrot

One of the most important problems that our economy has faced for the last 30 years has been stagnating real wages.

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Labor's Election Ground War -- And How The Media Is Missing It

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Change to Win, Afl-Cio, 2008 Elections, Labor, Labor Organizing, Union Organizing, Working America, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Karen Ackerman believes the election will very close and the AFL-CIO is launching the "broadest, biggest efforts in its history" -- 250,000 volunteers in 24 priority states will be deployed.

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