As the U.S. economy sputters along, older workers such as laid-off Machinists members, are finding it incredibly hard to find stable employment. Economists say a younger and inexperienced employees is will often work for less pay than the older and more experienced job workers.
Read moreUnion women earn more than non-union women. But 50 years after the Equal Pay Act passed in 1963, most women still make 77-cents for every dollar that men make. The Paycheck Fairness Act could update the Equal Pay Act, but it has lingered in Congress for 15 years.
Read moreEvery business…small, medium or large needs a line of credit. That’s especially true for American exporters, selling American goods overseas.
Read moreOrganized labor is under attack. International President R. Thomas Buffenbarger served on a panel discussing Labor & Collective Bargaining at the National Action Network’s 14th Annual Convention in Washington, DC.
Read moreAmerican University’s Labor & Employment Law forum examined the fight for workers’ rights and whether labor organizing should be a civil right.
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