Workers of DU, unite! A group for union members, labor activists, and supporters. http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:32:45 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:32:45 >>>
Thirty-five years after Congress passed a federal law to protect pregnant women from discrimination on the job, these workers are instead denied reasonable accommodations that other workers receive and often wind up losing income, benefits or their jobs or suffering pregnancy complications, acc... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173050 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:06:39 The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, also called the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge and Second Narrows Bridge, is the second bridge constructed at the Second (east) Narrows of Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Originally named the Second Narrows Bridge, it connects Vanc... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173048 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:04:12 http://www.peoplesworld.org/trumka-says-a-worldwide-new-deal-is-needed/

I keep hoping for a New Deal, awesome to see Trumka saying this.

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Europe's present experience, past U.S. and world history, and U.S. federal budget cutting show that "austerity doesn't work" as a wa... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173046 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:46:39 >>>
There is a durable belief that much of today’s unemployment is rooted in a skills gap, in which good jobs go unfilled for lack of qualified applicants. This is mostly a corporate fiction, based in part on self-interest and a misreading of government data.
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THE RESEARCH Peter Cappelli, a pr... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173038 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:18:52
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130615/NEWS/706169971/1707#court-reinstates-age-bias-suit-against-iowa-plant

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — An appeals court has ordered trial to determine whether the firing of the rendering superintendent at a Marshalltown pork processing plant was unlawful age discr... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173033 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:38:37 >>>
Fathers who spend time caring for their children are treated worse than their peers whose family lives look more traditional, a new study finds.

Middle-class men who take on greater caregiving roles at home are more penalized at work than men who offload that work to their wives.
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As men ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173032 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:48:32
From email

** Call Monday, June 17 @ 2:30 PM PST **
** 1-866-952-1906 || Passcode: NLRB **

CWA President Larry Cohen, NASA Scientist & Activist to Discuss How the NLRB Crisis Hurts Californians

The all-out assault on National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is threatening vital on-the-job p... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173031 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:41:09
From email.

Friends!

Security officers are organizing in Silicon Valley and they need your help.

Right now, one of the major obstacles to their fight for good jobs is a company called Security Industry Specialists, which contracts for several tech giants, including Google and Apple. SIS i... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173030 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:36:00 Cross post from LBN:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014509184

AFL-CIO wants to be the voice of most workers, not just those in unions

Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer

The AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor organization, is seeking to be the voice of all working and middle class pe... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173028 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:40:29 TALLAHASSEE — Florida's prison system, grappling with a chronic budget deficit, must give $600,000 in money or extra time off to hundreds of workers who were not paid while they were on duty.

Ending months of protracted negotiations, the Department of Corrections agreed with the U.S. Department o... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173026 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:28:56 PITTSBURGH – The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that members of Local 1343 ratified a new, six year contract at Caterpillar’s South Milwaukee plant.

USW District 2 Director Michael Bolton praised the hard work of the local union negotiating committee and the members of Local 1343 for their ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173022 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:14:09 Osage Beach, MO – Dierbergs Markets has opened a non-union grocery store here and Region 5 of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union wants every union family to help send a message to management that they won’t shop there as long as the store remains non-union.

And to make their... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173021 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:12:15 A Federal District Court judge in Manhattan ruled on Tuesday that Fox Searchlight Pictures had violated federal and New York minimum wage laws by not paying production interns, a case that could upend the long-held practice of the film industry and other businesses that rely heavily on unpaid intern... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173020 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:09:54 The Massachusetts Nurses Association has ratified new labor contracts with Quincy Medical Center and the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.

Unionized nurses, who mounted a 24-hour strike at the Quincy hospital April 11 to dramatize their complaints about staffing levels, ratified a one-y... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173018 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:06:32 The potential of a strike against Patriot Coal Corp. appeared to loom larger after talks between the company and the United Mine Workers of America came to an abrupt end this week. The union blamed company negotiators on Wednesday for breaking off negotiations; the company said that claim was wrong.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173017 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:04:43 Workers at Unique Thrift in Kingsbridge voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on June 7.

A day after holding a vigil outside the store on June 6, workers voted 36 to 22 in favor of joining RWDSU and according to the union, will have a bargaining unit of 64 employees. A g... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173016 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:55:37
I've been very quiet since my uncle Eddy died this past weekend. The funeral is tomorrow. I'll be a regular here again by the weekend.

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On June 10, 2013, President Obama announced his intention to nominate Jason Furman to become the next chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. This is a big-time, highly influential post. So what kind of economist is Furman?

One who thinks Walmart is the best thing since sliced bread.
... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11173003 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:33:26 ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI)– Metro Transit Union members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike Tuesday

Ninety percent of the members who voted agreed to the move.

The main sticking point, Metro wants to end pensions for all new workers and instead offer a 401k.

Some workers say they haven’t r... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172998 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:15:22 The Writers Guild of America, East, (WGAE) shares the top 101 best-written TV series.

1. The Sopranos

2. Seinfeld

3. The Twilight Zone

4. All in the Family

5. MASH

6. The Mary Tyler Moore Show

7. Mad Men

8. Cheers

9. The Wire

10. The West Wing

See the rest on the WG... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172997 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:00:19 >>>
Thirty-six freshmen U.S. House Democrats are urging colleagues to speak out on "fast-track" trade authority and the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.

They want Congress to carefully vet the TPP to make sure it's in the best interests of American families. And they are skep... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172994 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:59:04 Message from the AFL-CIO:

Fast food workers are demanding a liveable wage. Workers are rising up against Walmart. The tipped minimum wage has not been increased in decades and many restaurant workers live at the edge of poverty. Workplace tragedies are becoming all too common overseas and states... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172993 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:58:59 http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022973957 :) ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172992 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:49:16 >>>
The results, published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, will come as a shock to business big cheeses, but to no one else. In one experiment, he randomly assigned people in work groups with positions of high or low power, or to a control group. Questioned afterwards, thos... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172987 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:36:56 >>>
April was another record-breaking month for U.S. trade with Korea under the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The monthly U.S. trade deficit with Korea soared to its highest point in history, topping $2.5 billion for the month of April alone.

According to a ratio used by the Obama ad... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172986 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:49:34 >>>
The first three months of 2013 saw wages fall 3.8 percent – the largest drop in hourly pay in the 65-year history of that statistic – despite an increase in worker productivity. With high unemployment freeing employers from fears that their employees will turn elsewhere, the U.S. recovery has b... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172984 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:08:01
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http://www.laborradio.org/Channels/story.aspx?ID=1977089

14 Arrested in Civil Disobedience
6/4/2013

By Doug Cunningham

[Music - Tom Breiding]:

[Cecil Roberts 1]: “You still fired up? Are ya fired up! Are you fed up? Are you ready to fight? We stand today not because we want more mon... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172977 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:47:49
http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?article_1_137

5 June 2013

MINNEAPOLIS - Teamsters Local 320 is seeking an Attorney/Business Agent and AFSCME Minnesota Council 5 is seeking a Communications Professional.
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 320

ATTORNEY/BUSINESS AGENT

Teamsters Local 320 is a sta... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172976 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:41:45
http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_5537

5 June 2013

WASHINGTON - A group of more than 100 Wal-Mart workers from stores in northern California, Miami, Boston, Denver and elsewhere started an extended strike on Memorial Day against the retail giant.

And they formed a caravan o... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172975 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:36:23
http://nhlabornews.com/2013/06/today-in-labor-history-june-5-1939-the-u-s-supreme-court/


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By nofindingaid

Today in labor history, June 5, 1939: The U.S. Supreme Court rules on Hague v. Committ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172974 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:51:48 >>>
Labor gave $1.1 billion in donations to candidates in federal elections between 2005 and 2011, and what do we have to show for it? No Employee Free Choice Act. President Obama’s nominee for Commerce Secretary is a heads a corporation that is being boycotted by labor for anti-union practices and... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172968 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:42:49 http://www.politicalaffairs.net/big-picture-trade-unionism/

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A defining feature of labor today is a commitment to coalition building. The uprisings in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana, were vast coalitions, led by labor, uniting union and non-union workers in defense... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172967 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:26:35
From e-mail.

This Saturday marks one year since we went on strike. We’ve picketed, traveled across the country to Seattle to meet with executives at Costco, and rallied with students across Wisconsin who’ve risked arrest to support our campaign for justice at Palermo’s.

But in all that time,... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172963 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:47:34
http://www.ironworkers.org/news-magazine/news/2013/06/03/iron-workers-call-on-congress-to-break-gridlock-on-infrastructure

Jun 03, 2013

Washington, D.C. – Iron Workers’s General President Walter Wise issued a call Friday for Congress to address the problem of America’s crumbling infrastruct... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172962 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:41:58 http://www.northjersey.com/community/clubs/events/Paterson_Silk_Strike_comes_to_life_at_Haledon_museum.html?page=all

A Victorian house on Norwood Street, a rallying point for striking Paterson silk workers and organizers in 1913, was again the scene of union organizers exhorting workers to fight ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172960 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:18:27
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2013/05/umass-memorial-nurses-strike-averted.html

May 23, 2013, 6:42am EDT

Galen Moore
Web Editor-
Boston Business Journal

UMass Memorial Medical Center and the Massachusetts Nurses Association reached an agreement late last night, a... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172957 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:14:33
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/nyregion/queens-carwash-workers-strike-in-solidarity-with-fired-colleague.html?_r=1&

By JULIE TURKEWITZ
Published: June 1, 2013

In April, workers at the Jomar Car Wash in Flushing, Queens, voted to join a union, a move they said would help them improve wor... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172956 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:13:20
http://www.nationofchange.org/can-unions-and-cooperatives-join-forces-interview-united-steelworkers-president-leo-gerard-137009815

As someone who loves to see organized labor on the move in any form, I am interested in the role that unions can play in promoting co-ops - and I have been excited ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172949 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:41:03
http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/blog-4551-nm-high-court-says-s.html

05.31.2013

A District Court will now decide how to give back pay to the thousands of current and former state employees affected
By Joey Peters

http://sfreporter.com/santafe/imgs/media.images/4806/2011-Wisconsin-AFSCME... http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172938 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 22:00:04