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I was waiting for this to break as a national news story, but elections and hurricanes seem to have pushed it off the important news list, so Tennessee to help pay for cell phones for needy.  And yes, our State Government is controlled by liberals.  On the other hand, your State will soon be following

06 September One of the worst disasters in the history of U.S. anthracite mining occurred at the Avondale Mine, near Scranton, Pa., when a fire, originating from a furnace at the bottom of a 237 foot shaft, roared up the shaft, killing 110 miners - 1869

In the imminent confrontation over the Employee Free Choice Act, an almost embarrassingly modest proposal, corporations are actually billing themselves as the underdog—the poor, overmatched peasant David against the Philistine monster Goliath.

In the imminent confrontation over the Employee Free Choice Act, an almost embarrassingly modest proposal, corporations are actually billing themselves as the underdog—the poor, overmatched peasant David against the Philistine monster Goliath.

A bit of good news today as it was announced this morning that the SEIU has asked that the Proposal 4 that would impose a competitiveness-killing paid sick leave mandate on employers, be removed from ballots in November.

In July in Las Vegas, the United Steelworkers and the UK-based Unite the Union agreed to form the Workers Uniting, the first global union. There have been international and regional union federations before. In November 2006 the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL) merged to form the International Trade Union Confederation.

Bob Tuke The Atomic Trades and Labor Council has endorsed Bob Tuke to become Tennessee’s next U.S. Senator and to defeat Lamar Alexander in November.  The ATLC is comprised of 16 international unions and 17 local unions and represents approximately 2,100 members at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and

Many voters will be casting ballots on state propositions this November. Colorado seems to be trying to out-prop California, which, at times, seems to govern more by proposition than legislation. Of especial interest are interest are propositions on workplace issues, such as outlawing at-will

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An ad in Minnesota sponsored by the Coalition for a Democratic Workforce, which the NAM helps to lead, is creating quite a buzz at the GOP Convention in the Twin Cities. The ad effectively points out that Senator Norm Coleman has been a staunch supporter of protecting the secret ballot in Union elections, while his Democratic opponent, Al Franken, certainly is not.