New Orleans The Volkswagen company filed with the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a quick election among its 1600 workers in Chattanooga to determine whether or not the United Automobile Workers (UAW) should represent workers at the plant. The UAW has confidently indicated that it has majority support among the workers based on the …
Month: February 2014
Pregnancy Protection a Great First Step for Sick Leave Victories
New Orleans Years ago, we picked up the issue of sick leave protection for workers in states and municipalities as a national evolution of the living wage campaigns. The recession and other forces slowed progress, but still victories were claimed in the state of Connecticut, largely due to work led by the Working Families Party …
Another Crossroads for Immigration Reform Strategy and Tactics
http://www.kabf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wadesworld%20nov82013.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Rich Trumka of the AFL-CIO lambasted the Republican “principles” on immigration reform as a non-starter virtually creating a permanent apartheid of immigrants inside the country. There was a time when the vigorousness of labor’s opposition would have signaled the death of such a bill. This time …