The D.C. Circuit Court ruled Tuesday that requiring businesses to post a notice of workers’ rights to organize violates the employers’ right to free speech. It reverses an August 2011 regulation set forth by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that was meant to increase knowledge of employee rights to join a union, bargain collectively
Read moreEven as the death toll nears 1,000 in the April 24 collapse of a Bangladesh factory, tragedy struck the country again Thursday when eight garment workers were killed in a clothing factory fire. Bangladeshi officials say they don’t yet know the cause of the fire, which occurred overnight on the lower levels of an 11-story
Read moreThe International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) requested the National Mediation Board (NMB) hold a union representation election for Mechanic and Related employees at US Airways. The Mechanic and Related classification is presently represented by the IAM, which is awaiting an NMB release from stalled contract negotiations with US Airways. “By seeking an election now, the
Read moreThe Norris Dam, a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric facility on the Clinch River in northeast Tennessee, was one of the first public works projects created by the New Deal. (Credit: TVA Web Team) The IAM joins Republican and Democratic lawmakers in opposing a fiscal 2014 budget proposal to sell the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA),
Read morePeople come from all over the country to participate in the Guide Dogs of America training classes, which have set up thousands of people with a guide dog free of charge. The Guide Dogs of America will be holding their 33rd annual William W. Winpisinger Charity Banquet on Nov. 23, 2013, at Bally’s Hotel &
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