Low Turnout Results in No Union for Flight Attendants at Delta
Thursday May 29, 2008
A low turnout in last week’s election by Delta flight attendants means that a proposal to have a union has failed once again.
With only 5,306, just about 40 percent of ... Read More
American Axle Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to End Strike
Monday May 26, 2008
American Axle workers have ratified a new labor agreement which puts an end to a three-month strike that crippled parts of the American auto industry.
United Auto Workers (UAW) ... Read More
Flight Attendants Closer to Having FMLA Coverage after House Vote
Friday May 23, 2008
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is one of the nation’s most important labor laws. Under this regulation, most employers must give eligible employees up to 12 workweeks of ... Read More
National AFSCME Union Wise to Make Political Endorsement, Donations
Thursday May 22, 2008
News that the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has taken out a $1 million loan to back Hillary Clinton, while spending more than $2 ... Read More
Nasty Squabble Between Two Unions May End Up Hurting Workers, Literally
Monday May 19, 2008
A current squabble between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) has gotten nasty.
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CNA/NNOC has called on SEIU President Andy ... Read More
Workers Need to be Wary of Latest Pro-Union Study
Monday May 19, 2008
Yet another study has been released showing how workers benefit from unions. This one comes from The Center for Economic and Policy Research. The center concluded that union ... Read More
Labor Department Proposes Tougher Union Transparency Rules
Monday May 19, 2008
The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a rule to improve transparency in the finances and expenditures of labor unions.
The proposed rule would revise Form LM-2. This form is filed ... Read More
Flawed Plan, Oversight May Have Led to Deaths at Utah Mine, Study Finds
Monday May 12, 2008
A Congressional investigation has found likely mistakes by the mine operator and the federal oversight agency that led to the deaths of nine lives at the ... Read More
Burmese Union Calls for Immediate Action to Deliver Aid to Cyclone Victims
Monday May 12, 2008
The national labor union that represents workers in Burma has joined in the growing condemnation of the Myanmar government’s refusal to let in most humanitarian aid from coming into that ... Read More
Secret Agreements between Unions and Employers Raise Concerns
Sunday May 11, 2008
There were charges of secrecy leveled at the 1.7 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Unite Here in recent days after The Wall Street Journal ... Read More
New Jersey Enacts Family Leave Law
Monday May 5, 2008
New Jersey has just enacted a family leave law that allows workers to spend up to six weeks bonding with their new babies or taking care of ailing relatives.
The bill ... Read More
Human Resource Professionals Want to Clarify FMLA
Monday May 5, 2008
The Family and Medical Leave Act is one of the nation’s most important laws to protect the rights of workers who are facing difficulties in their personal lives. Enacted in ... Read More
AFL-CIO President Shortchanges Members with Statements But No Endorsements
Monday May 5, 2008
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney was quick to criticize the Republican president and the leading contender for the Republican nomination for president after last week’s release of grim unemployment ... Read More