Day: June 2, 2014
Seattle Adopts $15 Hourly Wage: Others Follow
June 3, 2014 By Neal Tepel Seattle, WA — In a major victory in fast-food workers’ 18-month fight for higher pay and a union, the
NYS AFL-CIO Encourages Staples Boycott
June 3, 2014 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – On the heels of the National AFL-CIO’s endorsement of the American Postal Workers Union’s (APWU) “Don’t
AFGE Opposes Bill Cutting VA Physicians Pay
June 3, 2014 By Neal Tepel Washington, DC – The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) issued a letter to members of Congress urging them
Ohio AFSCME CO’s Save Life of Fellow Union Member
June 3, 2014 Reprinted from afscme.org Lucasville, Ohio – Tragedy can strike in an instant. Last month, shortly after the second shift ended at the
“Localities, ‘Laboratories of Democracy,’ and the Minimum Wage”
June 3, 2014 By Oren M. Levin-Waldman, Ph.D. Justice Louis Brandeis once referred to states as the laboratories of democracy. The idea was that policies
Union Health Funds Facing Disaster
June 2, 2014 By Neal Tepel Washington, DC – When President Barak Obama first proposed a law that would provide quality healthcare for all Americans,
Scaffold Law Opponents’ Dubious ‘Defense’ of Minorities
June 2, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco Editor’s Note: The following is part of an ongoing LaborPress series examining the ways in which efforts to weaken
LIC Cabinet Factory Workers To Vote On Unionization
June 2, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco Queens, NY – After decades of trying, the New York City District Council of Carpenters (NYCDCC) is optimistic that a
AFLCIO Housing Trust Transforms Communities
June 2, 2014 By Neal Tepel Washington, DC – Camden, New Jersey, is probably not the first place investors would normally consider for financing a
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