March 2nd, 2010
Labor | 
Be the First to Comment
Biden told officials of the labor federation representing 11.5 million employees that the bailouts averted an even worse economic collapse and stabilized the economy.
At the top of organized labors wish list are passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for workers to unionize, and sympathetic appointments to the National Labor [...]
March 1st, 2010
Labor | Be the First to Comment
As they meet in Orlando, Florida, this week to plan their 2010 political campaign, union leaders are reeling from a succession of defeats they never expected after helping President Barack Obama and the Democrats win elections in 2008.
The union-organizing bill known [...]
February 10th, 2010
Labor | Be the First to Comment
The Senate voted 52-33, eight votes short of the 60 required, to end debate and act on the nomination of Becker, who has been awaiting confirmation for more than six months. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers attacked Beckers academic writings on giving labor unions more power and sent letters to [...]
February 3rd, 2010
Labor | Be the First to Comment
Becker, a Chicago-based associate general counsel for the Service Employees International Union and the AFL-CIO, said during a Senate hearing yesterday that his argument in the past that union-election rules should be rewritten to favor labor were the views of a “scholar.”
[...]
January 2nd, 2010
Labor | Be the First to Comment
Less than a year into her tenure, that figurative badge of authority is unmistakable. Her aggressive moves to boost enforcement and crack down on businesses that violate workplace safety rules have sent employers scrambling to make sure they are following the rules.
The changes are a departure from the policies of Solis predecessor, Elaine Chao. They [...]
December 29th, 2009
Labor | Be the First to Comment
Companies are rallying to fend off a so-called card-check law sought by labor leaders and backed by President Barack Obama. While the bill stalled in Congress this year as health- care legislation dominated debate, anti-union groups say they expect the president and Democrats to deliver next year on a compromise version of the legislation. [...]
October 30th, 2009
Labor | Be the First to Comment
Theres a common thread running through these developments. Organized labor is gaining momentum under the Democratic administration of President Barack Obama.
Though reaching their most-publicized goals — legislation making it easier to organize and a government-run health insurance program — remains in [...]
October 28th, 2009
Labor | Be the First to Comment
The AFL-CIO, American Rights at Work and the National Education Law Project concluded in the report that an increased federal focus in recent years on enforcing immigration laws has interfered with the protections of labor rights for workers from abroad.
“The single-minded [...]
October 14th, 2009
Labor | Be the First to Comment
The unions say in a full-page newspaper advertisement set to run today that lawmakers need to make “substantial” changes to the bill or they will urge their members to seek its defeat on the Senate floor. Emanuel asked organized labor not to go public in opposition, said Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of [...]
September 10th, 2009
Labor | Be the First to Comment
The government wants American companies and consumers to know about the chance these products are made under conditions in which children and other workers are exploited and abused.
“We want to engage with these countries and corporations that may have their hands in the wrong places here and try to correct this,” said Labor Secretary Hilda [...]