| Moyers Highlights Jobs with Justice Organizer, Employee Free Choice | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on April 3, 2009 at 3:47 pm ·
Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Legislation, Workers' Rights |
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On this past week’s “Bill Moyers Journal” on PBS, Moyers took a look at the battle for worker freedom during our current economic crisis. It’s a great segment... Read more » |
| Student Week of Action Focuses on Employee Free Choice | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 30, 2009 at 4:20 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Workers' Rights |
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This week, Jobs with Justice’s Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) kicks off a week of action in support of the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act and the... Read more » |
| Fight for Employee Free Choice Continues Despite Specter’s Flip | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 24, 2009 at 4:56 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Workers' Rights |
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Even though he was a sponsor of the original Employee Free Choice Act in 2003, supported the bill again in 2005 and voted against a Republican filibuster of it... Read more » |
| 100 Historians Sign On to Support Employee Free Choice Act | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 24, 2009 at 2:59 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Workers' Rights |
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Some of the nation’s top historians have signed a petition asking Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act and protect the freedom to form unions and bargain. Organized... Read more » |
| Small Business Owners: Employee Free Choice Good for Our Workers and Us | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 23, 2009 at 4:38 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Workers' Rights |
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Corporate leaders are making a lot of unfounded claims that the Employee Free Choice Act would be bad for small businesses. But when you ask many small business... Read more » |
| Proposal to Gut Employee Free Choice Act: Written by CEOs, for CEOs | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 23, 2009 at 3:56 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Workers' Rights |
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A group of three big corporations—Starbucks, Whole Foods and Costco—have floated a proposal for labor law reform that just won’t cut it. These big corporations... Read more » |
| Economic Policy Institute Study: Unions Don’t Cause Firm Closures | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 23, 2009 at 1:43 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Workers' Rights |
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What’s the real effect of union membership on businesses? A new report by economist John DiNardo of the University of Michigan suggests there’s no connection... Read more » |
| WSJ: Employee Free Choice Does NOT Eliminate Secret Ballots | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 20, 2009 at 3:45 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Workers' Rights |
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A striking concession today from the hard-right, corporate-friendly editorial board of the Wall Street Journal: In the midst of an angry editorial... Read more » |
| Legal Scholars: Employee Free Choice Consistent with International Standards | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 20, 2009 at 2:21 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Workers' Rights |
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As the Employee Free Choice Act builds momentum to passage, opponents of the workers’ freedom to form unions are getting desperate in their attempts to mislead... Read more » |
| Obama: We Should Make It Easier for Workers to Organize | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on March 19, 2009 at 4:35 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Workers' Rights |
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Barack Obama speaks to workers last fall on the campaign trail. Although the focus on the Employee Free Choice Act is on the U.S.... Read more » |
