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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The enduring stalemate at the National Labor Relations Board, the longest in its history, comes as evidence that elections dont always settle political tugs of war. Ten months after the election of a president and Congress from the same party, no end is in sight to the deadlock.
Decisions are stalled on dozens of disputes that [...]
Air Force auditors said they identified as much as $379 million in “excessive profit” that may track in part to inflated billings for labor.
Pentagon auditors are now investigating and General Dynamics has given them “all the records requested,” Air Force spokeswoman [...]
Saying “bullets and bombs” wont stop Islamic extremism, Obama in March called on Congress to pass a measure giving duty- free access to imports from the two countries. A version passed by the House limits the products covered and imposes work conditions that would negate potential benefits, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. [...]
Tom Buffenbarger, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said in a report that the labor federation obscured its financial difficulties heading into last years presidential election campaign, in which it backed Democrat Barack Obama. Net assets of the 11 million-member AFL-CIO declined to a negative $2.3 million as of June 30, [...]
Penny Pritzker, Obamas campaign finance chairwoman and a director of Global Hyatt Corp., has told the president she is opposed to the measure, known as card check, said a person familiar with the situation. Neil Bluhm, a partner in Walton Street Capital LLC, also opposes the bill, the person said. Lester Crown, chairman of Henry [...]
The UAW, once a pre-eminent U.S. labor organization, is in retreat along with U.S. automakers. It is a quarter the size it was at its peak of 1.5 million members in 1979, when its political clout helped Chrysler Corp. get a then-unprecedented $1.2 billion federal bailout.
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They were among about 7,000 union officials covered by financial disclosure rules tightened by the Bush administration. Labor leaders say the requirements amount to harassment and want President Barack Obama to ease them.
Prospects are good. Three weeks into the Obama administration, [...]