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Solis: American Unions and Middle Class Go Hand in Hand
News
September 8, 2011
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is speaking out about the link between declining union membership and the erosion of America's middle class.
This Labor Day, Verizon Strike Has Bigger Lessons for U.S. Economy
Press Release
For working families, this Labor Day brings a continued free fall from the middle class standard of living that American workers once enjoyed.
NLRB Affirms Right to Organize, Overturns Earlier Anti-Worker Rulings
News
September 1, 2011
In important victories for workers, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reversed two earlier board decisions and issued a new rule ordering employers to post notices informing workers that they have a legal right to form a union.
CWAers Keep Up Pressure on Verizon as Bargaining Resumes
News
September 1, 2011
As bargaining with Verizon reconvened in Rye, N.Y., this week for 35,000 CWA members and 10,000 more at IBEW, negotiators went back to the table with a clear message: workers will not allow the company to destroy their collective bargaining rights or decades of hard-won progress made in past negotiations.
CEOs' Paychecks Bigger than Federal Tax Bills for 25 U.S. Companies
News
September 1, 2011
Twenty-five of America's richest CEOs took home more pay last year than their companies paid in federal income taxes, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies.