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Emboldened by tactics employed during the recent debt ceiling crisis, House Republican leaders are preparing an equally extreme assault on labor and environmental laws when Congress returns from the August recess. In an August 29 memo to House Republicans, GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) outlines an agenda that includes the elimination of important environmental
Read moreSignificant pension benefit increases were the key ingredient in a new collective agreement ratified by the members of Local 235 employed by Mettler Toledo, in Toronto, Canada. “The membership wanted significant increases in pension benefits and wages and this bargaining committee delivered an agreement which was ratified by a 90 percent margin,” said District 78
Read moreTo say the year has been hard on the American worker would be an understatement. The bad economy, the jobs crisis, the attacks on worker rights – it all adds up. So the AFL-CIO has initiated a campaign to honor and encourage America’s hardworking men and women this Labor Day. Everyone is urged to “HEART
Read moreIn 1994, Congress introduced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as the solution for jobs expansion and prosperity for the American people. Seventeen years later, NAFTA has yet to live up to its promise. Costing Americans 682,900 in lost or displaced jobs, the trade deficit with Mexico stands at a mind-boggling $97.2 billion. As
Read moreOhio Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich is calling on the White House to remove General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt from his post as head of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Kucinich says that since Immelt took the helm at GE, he has eliminated one-fifth of the company’s U.S. workforce to locations overseas. “He has
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