Unions

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Together We Marched in Solidarity

Dolores Huerta | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, Health Care Workers, Strike, Labor, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News

For decades, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange have fought for justice for California's workers. But now, these same sisters are refusing to show their own workers the same justice they once fought for.

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The Campain for Assisted Living and the Bigger Picture

Dave Johnson | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lazard, Labor, Bruce Wasserstein, Unions, Atria, Politics News

I have been writing about the Campaign to Improve Assisted Living -- please visit their website. I'd like to talk about the larger picture. The ot...

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Obama Campaign Press Call 7.1 AUDIO: Indiana House Majority Leader Russ Stilwell and Former UAW Vice President Terry Thurman on Trade Policy

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Evan Bayh, Job Losses, John McCain, Terry Thurman, Wesley Clark, Free Trade, Nafta, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign Audio, Wesley Clark Statement, Presidential Press Conference Call, Uaw, Trade Policy, Russ Stilwell, Unions, Indiana, Home News

WHO: Indiana House Majority Leader Russ Stilwell and Former UAW Vice President Terry Thurman WHAT: Press conference call to discuss trade policy...

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A Trade Proposal Even the Teamsters Can Support

James P. Hoffa | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Obama NAFTA, Free Trade Agreements, Sherrod Brown, Nafta, Free Trade, Protectionism, Teamsters, Unions, Business News

For the past 15 years, anyone who opposed a so-called "free trade agreement" was labeled a protectionist. And that was the end of the story. The TRADE Act allows us to present an alternative.

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Apathy Doesn't Live in the Bronx

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.23.2008 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Strike, Bronx, Unions, Activism, Protest, Students Protest No Child Left Behind, Standardized Testing, South Bronx Student Protest, Living News

Last Wednesday more than 160 students in the South Bronx refused to take another standardized test. They are sick of being dragged out of their classrooms to be treated as lab rats in the No Child Left Behind rotten matrix.

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Ask a Working Woman

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Foreclosures, Retirement Security, Labor, Maternity Leave, Child Care, Working America, Economy, Working Women, Wage Gap, Afl-Cio, Unions, Health Care, Mothers, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Living News

A majority of women say they're worried about such fundamental economic issues as paying for health care, not having retirement security, and pay not keeping up with the cost of living.

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Kaiser Security Guard Strike

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor, Inter-Con, Strike, Kaiser Permanente, Unions, Seiu, Business News

This week I wrote about the Kaiser Permanente / Inter-Con Security Security Guard strike. The post Security Guards Striking for the Right to Have Our...

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Vallejo's Bankruptcy Might Have Been Prevented

Peter Scheer | Posted 05.09.2008 | Business

Read More: California, Unions, Mortgage Crisis, Tax Revenue, Federal Bankruptcy Protection, Vallejo, Bankrutcy, Business News

Vallejo is the first California municipality to declare bankruptcy in the current economic downturn; others are likely to follow, unfortunately.

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Unions: Sticking Together to Fight Corporate Power

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Strike, Unions, Kaiser Permanente, Labor, Seiu, Business News

Companies classifying workers as "temporary" or "contractors" is one of the bigger scams that is going on these days.

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Why They (And You) Need A Union

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Nlrb, Labor, Kaiser Permanente, Unions, Corporations, Seiu, Business News

In Oregon, Kaiser Permanente security guards are employed by Kaiser, not by a contractor. They are unionized and here is a short chart of just some of the difference this makes.

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Security Guards Striking for the Right to Have Our Laws Enforced

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor, Nlrb, Kaiser Permanente, Unions, Seiu, Business News

There is a strike starting today at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in California. Security guards are paid little and get few benefits -- not even sick leave.

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Just. Doesn't. Get It

John Sweeney | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Unemployment, Employee Free Choice Act, Martin Luther King, Trade, Hewlett-Packard, Civil Rights, Mccain, Afl-Cio, Unions, Politics News

If McCain is going to continue trying to gain political points by talking about working family issues, it's time for him to put his votes and policies where his rhetoric is.

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The Moment for Change

Andy Stern | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: SEIU Presidential Endorsement, SEIU Obama Endorsement, SEIU Obama, Labor, Labor Unions, Seiu Endros, Unions, Seiu, Andy Stern, Politics News

We are at a moment of enormous opportunity for working people. Americans have broad recognition of economic injustice, and we in SEIU have the hope of Barack Obama.

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On Equal Pay Day, Mind the Pay Gap

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Work, Women, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor, Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay, Politics News

With the observance of Equal Pay Day on April 22, we mark how far into each year a woman must work to earn as much as a man did in the previous year.

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Robert Reich's Endorsement -- No Big Deal

Gerald McEntee | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fair Trade, Endorsement, Labor, Robert Reich, Unions, Nafta, Barack Obama, Robert Reich Endorses Obama, Robert Reich Obama, Obama Endorsement, Politics News

Despite his reputation as a liberal and a friend of working men and women, Reich knows how to walk both sides of the street.

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The Real Elites, as Filled with Elite-i-ness as Ever

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Video, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton 2008, Pennsylvania Primary, Obama Bitter Comment, Unions, 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Working Class, Obama Bitter Pennsylvanians, Obama Bitter, Politics News

After days of near universal agreement that Obama's "bitter" comment was going to absolutely crush him, it turns out that most people in small towns don't care, and if anything, they kind of agree.

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Just Work: This is What a Union Victory Looks Like

Raquel Mack | Posted 04.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Security Guard Union, Labor, Security Guards, Labor Unions, Unions, Private Security Union, Seiu, Living News

Last weekend, I joined with 1500 of my colleagues to sign the first ever union contract for private security officers in Washington, D.C. It was a big win.

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From Scorched Political Earth to Scorched Actual Earth

Brendan Smith | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environmentalism, Labor, Downsizing, Unions, Green Jobs, Politics News

Little has been done by legislators to take care of those like coal miners and power plant workers, who may lose their jobs as a direct effect of efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

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NWA/Delta Merger: What About The Workers?

The Uptake | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Politics, Labor, Workers, Uptake, Unions, theuptake.org, Delta Northwest Merger, Offthebus, 2008 Election, Home News

"Northwest and Delta are talking about merging. It would be the largest airline company in the world. But what about jobs? It's just one more way for a couple of rich guys to get richer."

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SEIU's Latest Disgrace -- Violent Attack on Michigan Meeting of Union Members and RNs

Deborah Burger | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, California Nurses Union, Labor Unions, Unions, Union, Seiu, Politics News

In its latest deplorable action, the SEIU bused in hundreds of its purple clad staff to break up a conference of union members and activists Saturday night.

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SEIU Stalking, Harassing Nurses at Home-Is This the Face of a 'Progressive' Union?

Deborah Burger | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, Labor, Nurses, Seiu, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News

In what world is stalking women in their homes and at nursing stations where they work a hallmark of a "progressive" union?

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A Country that Trades Us Down: We Deserve Better

Richard Trumka | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Yuan, Economy, United Nations, Beef Recall, Jobs, Congress, Afl-Cio, China, Food Recalls, Elections, Labor, Human Rights, Tax Policy, Trade, International Labor Organization, Workers' Rights, Working Families, Unions, Toxic Toys, Ilo, Politics News

Killer candy from Mexico and toxic toys from Chinese factories should be part of a B grade horror film. Instead, recalls involving 20 million toys and...

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Unions Can Help Us Get Over the Mountaintop Towards the Promised Land

Gerry Hudson | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Poverty, Martin Luther King, US Poverty, Martin Luther King Jr., African Americans Unions, Unions, Labor Unions, Martin Luther King Assassination, Politics News

As Martin Luther King knew so well, unions have long built bridges to those islands of poverty that stain our society and threaten the American Dream.

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Why Have A Union?

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Organized Labor, Unions, Business News

Why should you join a union? I've been looking around online for info and arguments to help make the case, and here is a compilation of some of them....

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Just Work: United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Scott Hanson | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, California Nurses Union, CNA, Unions, Health Care, Barack Obama, Seiu, California Nurses Association, Politics News

Even for people who haven't gone down the challenging and forever rewarding path of organizing a union, the California Nurses' Association's strategy doesn't make any sense.

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