The slow, deliberative path to the end begins
Late last Saturday, the Senate voted 60-39 to open debate on historic health care and health insurance reform legislation. Having cleared this procedural vote, debate is set to begin after Thanksgiving.
Senator Kay Hagan voted with the rest of the Democratic caucus to debate the most important domestic policy [...]
A ‘total absence of any employee or union abuse’ for Illinois workers
The University of Illinois published results of a study authored by Robert Bruno, a professor of labor and employment policy, on Illinois’ Majority Interest Petition (MIP) process, which grants public employees in that state the option to form a union using majority sign-up. [...]
VoteVets.org mobilizes for freedom to organize
Saying the freedom to organize and form unions is one of many American values for which veterans have fought and died, the AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council and VoteVets.org are teaming up to fight for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.
“The freedom to organize is an American value, one of [...]
Getting sick is nothing new. The way we fight the spread of infectious disease – regular hand washing, getting vaccinated, avoiding travel and staying home from work if sick – are common sense things that everyone can do.
Well, not everyone.
Nearly 1 in 2 workers in North Carolina lack even a single day of paid sick [...]