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Guy Ryder: labour movement and climate change

June 19th, 2010 Comments off
The secretary general of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) talks about climate change issues and creation of new jobs at the Forum of the Workers of the Americas (Trinidad & Tobago 16 April 2009).

United States labor law: Labor history of the United States, Fair Labor Standards Act, Labor unions in the United States, Labour law, Labor Law Journal

June 19th, 2010 Comments off
Product DescriptionUnited States labor law is a heterogeneous collection of state and federal laws. Federal law not only sets the standards that govern workers’ rights to organize in the private sector, but overrides most state and local laws that attempt to regulate this area. Federal law also provides more limited rights for employees of the federal government. These federal laws do not, on t

Workplace Democracy: Corporate Style

June 19th, 2010 6 comments
New video produced by the IBEW reveals the truth about what really happens when workers try to exercise their rights in the workplace. A May 2009 study of employer opposition to union organizing done by Cornell University researcher Dr. Kate Bronfenbrenner finds: •More than 70 percent of employers hold one-on-one closed door meetings with employees during a unionization drive. 54 percent of employers

CST Union Elections — “Card Check”

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This spot exposes the undemocratic proposal to replace secret ballots in union organizing elections with an exercise in workplace intimidation called “Card Check.”

Injury Lawyers Questions & Answers

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MoreInjury Lawyersquestions please visit : LawyerFreeFAQ.com How can I find a advocate predisposed to serve me sue a college for not abiding by the ADA and cause me injury?I was actively recruited by Lyon College within Batesville, Arkansas in the summer of 2005. I applied and was permitted. They knew that I was drastically disabled and needed to have a private room on the bottom floor….How can I find Justic

May Day Demanding Better Working Conditions

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May Day is globally known as Labour Day or international worker’s day. In the labour movement the day is celebrated as achievements of social and economic. This day, in all over world workers and employees arrange various meetings and rally to remember glorious history of working class. The holiday first popularized by Soviet Union as an international workers day. Eight hours in a day as working hours is the