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From the Boilermakers, this election video is getting lots of buzz.

TWU Vote November 2 Video

As election day approaches, we will be posting a number of  Get Out the Vote union videos. First up, is this from the Transport Workers Union.

Steve Early on the poison pill in health care that helped kill labor law reform

Talking Union contributor Steve Early has written a lengthy, informative analysis of Obama, healthcare reform, and the Employee Free Choice Act for the September 2010 issue  of  Working USA. Here is the abstract. Embedded in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 was a poison pill for labor. It took the form of [...]

New on-line resource on taking time off to vote and protection for political views

Just in time for Tuesday’s national election, www.CanMyBossDoThat.com, an innovative site on state-by-state workplace rights, announced new state-specific summaries of laws that permit workers to take time off from work to vote. The site also provides information on which states protect workers from retaliation based on how they vote or because of political activity outside [...]

Taking On Human Rights Violations in Retail Cleaning

On November 6, cleaning workers and their allies in Minneapolis will lead a March for Justice in Retail Cleaning, with stops at Target, SuperValu and Lunds & Byerly’s, calling on those companies to agree to a code of conduct guaranteeing fair wages and working conditions for the workers who clean their stores. Wages and working [...]

AFL-CIO President Trumka: It Gets Better

Airline Profits Soar Leaving Passengers Sour & Employees Sore

By Carl Finamore Wall Street is jumping up and down because airlines are making money again, big money. The nine largest US passenger airlines posted cumulative net income of $1.45 billion for the three months ending June 30, according to Air Transport News. This is four times the income generated last year. These are not [...]

DR Congo: women trade unionists at World March of Women

ITUC On-line The streets of Bukavu (DR Congo) resounded on Sunday with the voices of thousands of women from all around the world, marching with colourful banners to express solidarity with the women victims of the sexual violence plaguing this eastern part of DR Congo. Among them, Congolese women trade unionists and their sisters from [...]

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

White Board, posted with vodpod And see the post below.  The persistent high levels of employment.

New Study: Combining and Strengthening Current Policies Would Guarantee Decent Wages for Workers in the U.S.

Political Economy Research Institute Current federal policies to ‘make work pay’ leave the vast majority―88%―of low-income working families in the U.S. without the guarantee of a decent living standard, even with full-time work. In Combining Minimum Wage and Earned Income Tax Credit Policies to Guarantee a Decent Living Standard to All U.S. Workers, a new [...]