The DOL just released its union membership numbers for 2009. Private sector membership dropped about 5% – from 7.6% to 7.2%. Hilda Solis, the Secretary of Unions Labor, made sure to point out the (wildly inaccurate)...
Read More Almost half of Massachusetts union members supported Republican Scott Brown in what the AFL-CIO is calling a “worker-revolt.” I know Trumka says he’s not discouraged, but I’d think worker-revolt that...
Read More Fresh from today’s posting at The Nation: Most legal scholars and labor experts believe that the NLRB has the authority to enact procedural changes that could, among other things: • drastically shorten the time frame for...
Read More The Employee Free Choice Act is dead now that Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown (Rep) won the battle with State Attorney General Martha Coakley (Dem) for the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s seat in the U.S. Senate. The...
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Labor Relations INK Download a PDF of this issue with links here. In This Issue: • EFCA Update •...
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