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Ask Obama to Move Today on NLRB

21, Feb 2010

President Barack Obama’s nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),­ Craig Becker and Mark Pearce ­ are both highly qualified, well-respected labor lawyers. They were nominated seven months ago, but Senate Republicans are using the filibuster to block these nominees from filling the vacancies on the NLRB, which has had three out of five [...]

Continental Airlines Workers Go Union

13, Feb 2010

Forwarded from friends: By an overwhelming margin, nearly 8,000 fleet service workers at Continental Airlines at airports across the country have voted to join the Teamsters, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa announced Friday.
“This is a great day for the Teamsters and for the fleet service workers at Continental,” Hoffa said. “For far too long, Continental’s [...]

Dallas Starbucks Baristas Organizing

19, Dec 2009

Starbucks employees at a Dallas store staged a protest yesterday aimed at drawing attention to affordable health care and employment conditions.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports Starbucks employees blocked the store’s drive-through window at the Medical District location at 8th and West Rosedale Friday morning and demanded affordable health care options and sick days for [...]

T-Mobile Efforts Taint Latino Outreach

15, Dec 2009

With the holidays upon us, mobile phone companies are doing all they can to entice potential customers to sign up for new service. T-Mobile USA, which recently launched its own Latino outreach program, is no exception. However, its labor relationships have come under fire.
Jobs with Justice says T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom (DT), has a [...]

Janitors Say Pritchard Violates Rights

10, Dec 2009

I’ve written a lot about Houston’s predominantly Latino janitors, who have been fighting for their rights to organize and unionize. Today is another action is support of janitors and your support is needed.
Houston janitors and labor advocates are calling out Pritchard Industries for serious violations of fundamental human rights against its workers on [...]

Mexico’s Union Workers Need Support

4, Dec 2009

Mexico’s Electrical Workers Union is asking for international solidarity and donations.
Earlier this year, the Mexican government announced its intent to fire 45,000 electrical workers, effectively eliminating their union. President Felipe Calderón’s declaration was met by mass resistance, including work stoppages, civil disobedience and shutdowns of government buildings in Mexico City. Thousands are speaking out. As [...]

National Call-In for Affordable Housing

2, Dec 2009

The National Low Income Housing Coalition is asking for the public to call Congress today in support of the National Housing Trust Fund.
The National Housing Trust Fund was established as a provision of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The fund, supporters say, [...]


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