International Workers’ Day (a name used interchangeably with May Day) is a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement. May Day commonly sees organized street demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of working people and their labor unions throughout Europe and most of the rest of the world — though, as [...]

Labor union bosses are on the verge of passing legislation called the Employee Free Choice Act and denying employees the right to cast their ballot in private in union organizing elections. Rather than holding a monitored workplace election using secret ballots as has been the case for decades, under this proposal the union would automatically [...]

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In a report scheduled to be released Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office found that the agency, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, had mishandled 9 of the 10 cases brought by a team of undercover agents posing as aggrieved workers.The federal agency charged with enforcing minimum wage, overtime and many other labor laws is [...]

Corporate opponents of workers’ freedom to form unions repeatedly have shown they are not interested in the welfare of their employees or any of the pseudo-lofty ideals they cite while fighting the Employee Free Choice Act. Now, they’ve made clear they will do anything—even destroy jobs, communities and harm the U.S. economy—to ensure that more [...]

Congressional Democrats and labor officials pledged on Tuesday to push forward with the Employee Free Choice Act even as their best hope for a Republican defector, Sen. Arlen Specter, said he would oppose the legislation.

I recently signed up on twitter for Unions.org. The domain is http://twitter.com/unionmembers. I see unions becoming more and more fragmented and less in touch with its membership. Do Union leaders really know what is going on with its membership? I think not based on the hundreds of emails I get everyday from members asking for [...]

By Staff , Labor Notes Posted on March 18, 2009, Printed on March 18, 2009 The Employee Free Choice Act would eliminate the requirement for a two-step process in union drives — first sign up a majority of workers, then hold an election. But is it the election itself that’s the problem, or the very [...]

Union Labor is an asset to the contractor that employs them, a valuable and integral element of the United States construction industry, and an indispensable component of the local economy. Why apprenticed, skilled union labor is an asset? There are three reasons: training, skill and quality- with the combination resulting in on time, on budget [...]

Assembly member Ted W. Lieu (D-Torrance) today announced Governor Schwarzenegger signed ABx2 7 (Lieu), one of the most comprehensive and important pieces of legislation in the country to stem the tide of foreclosures and get our economy back on track. The California Foreclosure Prevention Act will now impose a 90 day foreclosure moratorium unless a [...]