Destroying Workers’ Right To Organize Unions
The Bush government just took one more step toward outlawing unions. Today Bush’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) “Kentucky River Decision” decision removed union organizing rights for millions...
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Security Guards Striking for the Right to Have Our Laws Enforced (updated)
There is a three-day strike starting today at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in California. 1800 security guards are striking for three days in an “unfair labor practice” action. This strike is not...
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Why They (And You) Need A Union
Yesterday I wrote about the security guards who are striking at Kaiser Permanente because their contractor-employer is engaging in illegal tactics while trying to block them from forming a union. The...
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This post originally appeared at Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF. In the Bloomberg story today, Obama...
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Does Government Know Who The Boss Is?
In Washington state workers are allowed to organize and form unions so they can win good wages and benefits. In “right-to-work” states like South Carolina, though, the government sides with big...
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Palin And Boeing CEO Tell Government Who The Boss Is
What can a democracy like ours do when giant companies say, “Rules? We don’t need no stinkin’ rules! We don’t got to pay you no taxes!” and “We will just move out of your puny country if you try to...
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Adjourn And Appoint! We Can’t Wait – For Recess Appointments
The Republicans are obstructing the government from operating. Judges, appointees, NLRB members, etc. are blocked with the purpose of keeping government from doing its job. This is taking a terrible...
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NLRB Fight Shows How Far We’ve Fallen
Here is how far we have fallen: Republicans and big corporations are going to extremes, even threatening to shut down entire agencies of the government, just to keep people from knowing what their...
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Republicans Have Shut Down The NLRB. The President Must Act!
As of now an agency of our government, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), is effectively shut down, unable to do its job. This is a “nullification” by Republicans, of laws that protect workers...
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