labor union

Welcome to the 'labor union' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'labor union'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “labor union”

• Is ‘Deck’ Stacked Against Kenneth Gladney?

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 556
  Some believe the proverbial “deck” is stacked against Kenneth Gladney (right) receiving justice.  And who could blame them.According to the National Institute for Labor Relations Research, 8,799 recorded incidents of union violence since 1975 have resulted in only 1,963 arrests and 258 convictions — roughly ...
  14 hours ago

• Health Care Fight Moves to the Senate, and Other Health Care News

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
      These North Dakota Boilermakers are among the thousands of union members across the country calling the Senate in support of real health care reform.         The U.S. House passed historic health care reform legislation on Saturday, and now the next step in the process is for the U.S. ...
  14 hours ago

• Here’s How the House’s Health Care Reform Would Help You

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
      These Wisconsin nurses are among the thousands who have taken action for health care reform.         With successful passage of a historic health care reform bill this weekend, experts are weighing in on the benefits that the bill would bring to working families. Maggie Mahar , a ...
  1 day ago

• Bill Helps Workers, Communities Move to Clean Energy Jobs

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
        Workers would get assistance in upgrading their skills and communities could create good green jobs and build infrastructure under legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate last week. The American Worker and Community Assistance Act (S. 2742), co-sponsored by Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Sherrod ...
  1 day ago

• Trade Unions

  
  Win My Ex Back — Authority: 457
  Whether or not you must join a trade union the moment you start working is a very important decision. It’s one of the things that should be always taken seriously. Oftentimes, however, people feel as if they’re in a tug of war between their bosses and the trade unions. Companies are generally mistrustful of those ...
  4 days ago

• Workers Strike San Francisco’s Grand Hyatt Hotel

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
  San Francisco hotel workers rallied in September for a fair contract.   Hotel workers began a three-day strike this morning at the Grand Hyatt Union Square in San Francisco. The strike comes two weeks after members of UNITE HERE Local 2 voted by a 92 percent to 8 percent margin to authorize strikes at any of ...
  4 days ago

• The Function of Trade Unions in the Economic Recession

  
  Win My Ex Back — Authority: 457
  In the face of today economic recession, many people are ending up in dire situations. Some are fortunate, and have only to suffer a few small inconveniences. The most they need to do in order to cope would be to spend less. But others are not so fortunate. Some people will actually be jobless tomorrow or maybe next ...
  5 days ago

• National Week of Action: Call Congress for Health Care

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
      The U.S. House is getting ready to vote on health care reform that provides affordable and quality care for all. This is a critical time, and every vote in Congress matters. Today, we’re launching a National Week of Action for Health Care, and you can take part by letting Congress know we need ...
  5 days ago

• CTA rider: Why pay for horrible treatment?

  
  RedEye — Authority: 636
  Derek Miller wrote to "Going Public" with complaints about CTA and Metra. "GP" encourages customers who experience bad or good customer service to note the employees badge number and contact the CTA. Contact information is here . Millers letter continues after the jump. "I am sure you get hundreds of these ...
  6 days ago

• Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You?

  
  On the Job by Anita Bruzzese — Authority: 108
  My Dad was a blue-collar worker. His favorite job was working on the railroad, but the only job I really remember him having was at an oil refinery in Oklahoma. It was a dangerous, dirty job, but he never complained. He worked at that oil refinery for several decades, until one day they closed it and laid off more ...
  6 days ago

• [2107] Of if you want your bonus, you should lose your job first

  
  the __earthinc — Authority: 118
  CUEPACS, labor union for civil servants in Malaysia, given current environment of large fiscal deficit and economic uncertainty, has the audacity to demand for bonus. [1] The demand is not met, as evident by absence of such bonus in the proposed federal government budget tabled nearly two weeks ago. Today, the ...
  6 days ago

• Burmese Refugees Battle Oppression in U.S. Plant

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
      Aung Oo, foreground, and Tim Hand, far right, are on strike in support of their co-workers at W&K Steel.         Aung Oo fled his native Burma with his family to escape the brutality, ethnic violence and repression of that country’s military dictatorship. After being allowed to ...
  1 week ago

• Dingell Explains Decades-Long Quest for Health Reform, and Other News

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
        Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has been fighting for health care reform for more than 50 years, and he’s seen the situation become even more dire over the past decade. In a great new op-ed , he explains the hard truths of our broken system and why we can’t wait any longer for health care reform: ...
  1 week ago

• Trade Unions

  
  MySweetLife.Net — Authority: 152
  Exploitation – it’s something that we all have to protect ourselves from. If we allow it to happen, we could possibly be bringing down our ruin, and in effect, that of the society. Any society where the gulf between rich and poor becomes so large that it’s almost hopeless is bound to meet its demise eventually. ...
  1 week ago

• Highlights from ‘Building the New Economy’

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
         Last week, leaders from labor, business and politics came together in Washington, D.C., at the Building the New Economy conference, sponsored by the Alliance for American Manufacturing and the Campaign for America’s Future . A new video shows some highlights from the conference and ...
  1 week ago

• California Nurses, Catholic Healthcare West Set Benchmark for Containing Pandemics

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
  A new agreement between the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee ( CNA/NNOC ) and Catholic Healthcare West sets a national benchmark for containing the spread of pandemics such as H1N1 ( swine flu ) and protecting patients and workers. Says CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro: ...
  1 week ago

• ObamaCare Supporter Punches Man, 67, Over Sign He Carried at Anti-Socialism Rally Near St. Louis

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 556
  A 67-year-old St. Charles County man taking part in an anti-socialism rally was punched in the face by an ObamaCare supporter who took offense at the sign he was carrying during a rally at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo., 30 miles west of St. Louis on I-70. The video above provides background ...
  1 week ago

• Have You Heard of the Screen Actors Guild?

  
  47 Movies — Authority: 156
  The Screen Actors Guild is a labor union that represents actresses and actors in America. The name is often abbreviated as SAG. SAG’s membership is made up of more than 120,000 movie actors and actresses, as well as television performers. Continue reading here: Have You Heard of the Screen Actors Guild?
  1 week ago

• Unemployment Insurance Must Be Extended for Struggling Workers

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
  With 26 million U.S. workers unemployed or underemployed, and the long-term jobless rate the highest since 1981 —hundreds of thousands of struggling workers need relief. The U.S. Senate is expected to take action next week on an extension of unemployment insurance (UI). Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says struggling ...
  1 week ago

• President Obama Signs Defense Bill That Further Rolls Back Key Bush-Era Policies

  
  On The Hill — Authority: 428
  While its hate crimes provision is grabbing most of the headlines, progressives also are cheering other measures contained within a massive defense bill signed into law by President Obama. The White House itself devoted significant attention to the fact that language within the larger 2010 National Defense ...
  1 week ago

Comments about labor union