Topic: Employee Free Choice Act
Las Vegas Sun | 2009-11-20 09:05:07
<div><p> As unions continue to push for legislation that would make it easier for workers to organize, one of the labor movementÕs most progressive leaders is sending a message to his colleagues: DonÕt hold your breath.</p><p>John Wilhelm, president of Unite Here, the international hotel and casino workers union ...
BusinessWeek | 2009-10-09 16:02:23
<div><p>
Nine months into the Obama Administration, and 20 months [or so] into the current recession, the business community is justifiably asking itself: "What's next?" Many business leaders are tracking the long list of potential labor-friendly [aka "business-hostile"] initiatives and litigation trends, including: an expected increase in audit and enforcement activity by the U ...
Las Vegas Sun | 2009-09-18 16:02:13
<div id="subtitle">On health care, organizing bills, president reassures</div><div><p> PITTSBURGH When President Barack Obama took the stage at the AFL-CIOs annual convention here Tuesday, he faced thousands of union foot soldiers who were wary of his leadership and Congress commitment to the labor agenda.</p>< ...
BusinessWeek | 2009-09-16 16:02:19
<div><p>
The Employee Free Choice Act -- the embattled bill that would make it easier for unions to organize -- may have gotten new life on Sept. 15 when Senator Arlen Specter [D-Pa.] announced that he had reached a compromise with labor representatives on a bill that could pass later this year.</p><img ...
