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Employers' Anti-Union Tactics Getting Bolder
Three words explain why employers are getting bolder in the use of intimidation, coercion, terminations, and other illegal tactics to frighten their employees when they organize — because they can.
Corporate Ally: National Labor Relations Board Steadily Chips Away at Workers' Rights
Under the Bush administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proved to be an ally of employers and anti-union groups in seeking to rollback workers' rights and protections.
Going to the Board Often Carries More Risk than Relief
Many of the examples Professor Lafer (above) cited in his research of the NLRB's abandonment of workers' rights have repeated themselves in many cases CWA has taken to the Board in recent years. These Board decisions summarized below are taken from a report compiled by CWA's legal department.
NLRB Elections Aren't Free and Fair Elections
Professor Gordon Lafer of the University of Oregon's Labor Education and Research Center has
Top Candidates Back Employee Free Choice
Five of the seven Democratic candidates for president spoke at the annual CWA Legislative-Political Conference in Washington, D.C., March 25-28, all of them expressing their support for the Employee Free Choice Act.