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43 Members of Congress Ask Geithner to Weigh in on Wells Fargo on Behalf of Hartmarx Workers

Elana Levin | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Jan Schakowsky, Phil Hare, Wells Fargo, Louise Slaughter, Banks, Business, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News
Elana Levin

With so much at stake for workers, 43 Members of Congress released a letter asking Geithner to weigh in on Wells Fargo's attempt to liquidate nearly 4,000 jobs at Hartmarx.

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Spilling the Beans About Starbucks' Union-Busting Tactics

ZP Heller | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Schultz, Efca, Workers, Brave New Films, Starbucks, Employee Free Choice, Robert Greenwald, Unions, Rights, Politics News
ZP Heller

Turns out the coffee giant has a nasty history of being anti-barista, anti-union, and thus anti-Employee Free Choice Act as well.

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Politically Driven Union Activism Hurts Shareholders

Tom Donohue | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Shareholder Rights, Shareholder Activist, Unions, Labor Unions, Business News
Tom Donohue

Rewarding activist investors at the expense of average shareholders does not move governance of our markets in the right direction.

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What Do Starbucks and Wal-Mart Have in Common?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Starbucks, Rights, Howard Schultz, Employee Free Choice, Efca, Workers, Brave New Films, Unions, Robert Greenwald, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

There are over 127,000 baristas in our country alone, many of whom are in dire need of better wages, health benefits, and hours. Shouldn't they have the right to be treated fairly?

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Yes, Maria Bartiromo, There Is Class Warfare

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Class Warfare, Budgets, Unions, Taxes, Working Life, Maria Bartiromo, Financial Crisis, States, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

What was most interesting about my debate with CNBC's anchor Maria Bartiromo is how she became speechless -- and that ain't no easy feat -- when I challenged her about class warfare.

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The Stars Align for Employee Free Choice Act

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 06.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Efca, Labor, Entertainment, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Entertainment News
Arlene Holt Baker

From the big screen to the Broadway stage, a stellar lineup of stars is joining the fight for working families.

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Card Check Is Not the Solution for Pension Mismanagement

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Collective Bargaining, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, Gary Shapiro, Hudson Institute, Pensions, James Hoffa, Cea, Unite Here, Unions, Seiu, Business News
Gary Shapiro

The union promise of jobs and better wages is deeply alluring, but their mechanism to securing them, so-called "card check," is fundamentally flawed.

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What Working Mothers Needed this Mother's Day

Beth Shulman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women Workers, Good Jobs, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Economy, Politics News
Beth Shulman

It is imperative that we think of solutions to make the middle class dream possible for working mothers once again.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: May 7, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Jay Bybee, Wolf Blitzer, Chris Matthews, Labor Law Reform. Blackwater, John Yoo, Doritos, Unions, Steven Bradbury, Torture Memos, Torture, Media News

Earlier this week, Rachel Maddow discussed the ongoing saga of the torture memos, and how the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsib...

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New Study Destroys Union Intimidation Myth As Specter Considers "Compromise"

Art Levine | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Business, Specter, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Harkin, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Video, Politics News
Art Levine

While so many cartoonish "horror movie" caricatures of the EFCA have been launched by right-wing smear merchants, perhaps supporters of the legislation deserve a chance to fight back with a cartoon of their own.

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Teabag the Boss, Card Check for the Masses

Daniel Denvir | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Fair Wages, Specter Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News
Daniel Denvir

The business community is scared shitless by the prospect of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) becoming law. They have conjured up images of aggress...

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Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Wind Power, Supreme Court, Phil Gramm, Willie Nelson, Obama, Tibet, Arizona, Canada, Sxsw, Civil Rights, Military, New Mexico, Racism, Hurricane Katrina, Oklahoma, Constitution, Wikipedia, Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Karl Rove, Bible, California, Crime, War, Mexico, United States, Texas, Anti-Americanism, Darwin, Oil, Florida, Texas Secession, Alberto Gonzales, Unions, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

Governor Rick Perry of Texas brought up the specter of Secession recently and upon polling, a fair amount of Texans and other Americans seem to think Texas seceding from the US would be a good idea.

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Sam Stein

Unions See Specter Opening, Dangle Electoral Help For EFCA Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Politics News, Specter Efca, Union Support, Specter 2010 Poll, Arlen Specter Pat Toomey, Pat Toomey, Unions, Specter Toomey, Andy Stern, Specter 2010, Politics News

With poll numbers showing Sen. Arlen Specter in dangerous electoral water, union officials have begun presenting what amounts to a "get-out-of-jail-fr...

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With Friends Like These...Robert Reich's "Mistakes" on Employee Free Choice Act

Art Levine | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Robert Reich, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News
Art Levine

EFCA backers were no doubt thrilled to hear the only liberal on CNBC mimic conservative falsehoods on employee free choice.

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As 'Secret Ballot' Myth Sputters, Chamber Launches New Anti-Union Attack Line

Art Levine | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Banks, Financial Crisis, Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice Act, Efca, Chamber of Commerce, Unions, Politics News
Art Levine

It's still an open question if the business community will succeed in their drive to spread misinformation about arbitration with claims that the bill will take away the secret ballot.

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

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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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Blacks, Women Protest Obama Order On Use Of Union Labor

McClatchy | Tony Pugh | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Unions, President Obama, Politics News

A group of 50 advocacy organizations has asked President Barack Obama to issue an executive order that encourages the hiring and training of minoritie...

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Card Check Dilemma: How Can Well-Meaning Americans Be So Far Apart?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Arlen Specter, Secret Ballot, Economic Crisis, Employee Free Choice Act, Gary Shapiro, Government Arbitration, Cloture Vote, Unionization, Afl-Cio, Technology Industry, Card Check, Blanche Lincoln, Private Ballot, Senator Lincoln, Union Intimidation, Senator Specter, Cea, Unions, Consumer Electronics Association, Unions and Business, Detroit, Business News
Gary Shapiro

I am very hopeful that card check is dead for this Congress. The issue is divisive, harmful, and not a good use of time by anyone.

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Public Pressure Made A Difference At The G20 - Here's Why

Paul Hilder | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Green New Deal, Pressure, Avaaz, Unions, Green Hard Hats, Green Recovery, g20, Gordon Brown, Sarkozy, Hu Jintao, Merkel, Obama, London Summit, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News
Paul Hilder

It's far from time to go home and chill in satisfaction. But unprecedented processes have been put in motion to fix global finance.

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When America Works Together, America Works

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: United Steelworkers, Green Economy, Green Business, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Unions, Waxman-Markey, Nrdc, Green Jobs, Blue Green Alliance, Sierra Club, CWA, Economy, Business News
Jonathan A. Schein

It will probably be months before we know the outcome of the Waxman-Markey bill; in the meantime, it appears that more alliances of strange bedfellows will emerge.

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Labor Must Field a Primary Opponent to Blanche Lincoln

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, Filibuster, Blanche Lincoln, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Democrats, Working Life, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Enough. Now that she has thrown another obstacle in the path of the Employee Free Choice Act, Blanche Lincoln must face a well-funded primary opponent in 2010.

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The Ongoing Struggle for Workers' Rights

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Stewart Acuff, Labor Movement, Martin Luther King, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

For workers in the private sector it is harder to form a union and engage in collective bargaining today than it was in 1968.

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Arthur Delaney

New Push For Employee Free Choice Act Kicks Off With TV Ad (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Arlen Specter, Union Card Checks, Card Check, Card Check Vote, Politics News

A coalition of pro-labor groups looking to drum up support for the Employee Free Choice Act is preparing to pounce on lawmakers when they arrive in th...

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Civil Rights Leaders Urge Passage of Employee Free Choice

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Civil Rights, Politics News
Arlene Holt Baker

Today, on the eve of the anniversary of King's assassination, national civil rights leaders called for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would give workers the choice of how to form a union.

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The Left isn't Leaving Obama -- Yet

Rupert Russell | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Heritage Foundation, Think Tanks, Left Wing, Robert Reich, Conservatives, Interest-Groups, Rachel Maddow, Michael Moore, Card-Check, Paul Krugman, Intellectual, Unions, Labor Unions, Barack Obama, Arianna Huffington, David Frum, Obama's Economic Team, Politics News
Rupert Russell

Pundits have criticized last week's announcements on the new bank bailout and Afghanistan. Yet, a crack up of the Democratic coalition or fracturing of the progressive movement it is not.

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