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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.
Employee Free Choice Act: What the Bill Would Do
The Employee Free Choice Act is designed to restore the badly eroded rights of workers to organize unions and bargain collectively. Here are the highlights: