Postal Governor Miller peddles nonsense at House hearing
Given that its focus was the tentative National Agreement between the Postal Service and the APWU, Tuesday’s hearing represented a troubling and unprecedented intervention in the postal...
View ArticleRachel Maddow covers Tuesday’s hearing
On Tuesday’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC, the host discussed Americans’ appreciation for the services performed by the government and the unpopularity of the Republican goal of eliminating those...
View ArticleRepublicans push back on Maine labor mural
After a single, anonymous letter ranting about North Korean brainwashing prompted Maine Gov. Paul Lepage (R) to order the removal of a mural celebrating workers from the state’s Department of Labor...
View ArticleHappy ‘Equal Pay Day!’
Nearly 50 years after enactment of the Equal Pay Act, working women in the United States are paid an average of 80 cents for every dollar paid to men. So notes our friends at the AFL-CIO, who also...
View ArticlePublic-sector job cuts overwhelmingly affect females
Yet another revelation to come out of the recent attack on collective-bargaining rights of workers: Women will bear the brunt of these public-sector job cuts. Because industries such as education and...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds fair election rule for air and rail workers
On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a ruling issued by the National Mediation Board in 2010, which made union elections for air and rail workers more...
View ArticleSC is another front in the battle for workers’ rights
A story in Saturday’s Aiken (SC) Standard notes how Republican Gov. Nikki Haley isn’t exactly a fan of organized labor. The article notes that there are nearly 60,000 union workers in the Palmetto...
View ArticleCorporate-backed groups fight against minimum-wage increases
According to an article in The American Prospect, fights are being waged by corporate-backed groups across the country against minimum-wage increases. Eight states are considering legislation this year...
View ArticleWI: Walker recall date set
June 5 is the next milestone in the ongoing battle to remove anti-union Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin from his job. On Thursday, a Wisconsin judge approved the June 5 recall election date, along with...
View ArticleEd Shultz discusses the Postal Service and the “War on Workers”
Last night, MSNBC’s Ed Shultz discussed Congress’ plan to dismantle the USPS. Hundreds of thousands of jobs are on the line, and instead of finding practical solutions to fix the Postal Service’s...
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