Solidarity Forever
Along with the crocuses and daffodils come tentative signs this spring of renewed labor union activity in the high-tech industry: * Led by organizer... Read story
AFL-CIO
Union Organizing;
DESPERATE TO REVERSE ITS STEEP decline, American labor has embarked on a new strategy to concentrate power in its high command. The plan could make organ... Read story
Teamsters, SEIU Disaffiliate from AFL-CIO
July 26, 2005 --The leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Service Employees' International Union, two unions in th... Read story
Nation's Largest Union Group Sues Labor Department Over Safety Equipment
The AFL-CIO claims that companies should be required to pay for employees' protective gear. Read story
The Hole Truth About Capital
Between big companies on one side and small start-ups on the other stretches the Grand Canyon of capital formation. Read story
Feds to Revise No-Match Rule
A move to punish employers who hire illegal workers is shelved to assess its impact on small business. Read story
Labor Pain;
THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKers of America (CWA) used to have a simple answer for employees of small companies who asked to join: Forget it. Such workpla... Read story
New Leadership at OSHA
Will the Sago mine tragedy affect attitudes toward workplace safety? Read story
Agenda 8/06
August is historically a dicey month in terms of labor strife. So throw a company cookout and make peace, already. Read story
Pick A Pack Of Pols
The article "Picking a PAC" by Tom Richman (August) heralds the ultimate erosion of our democratic system and underscores the contempt that business exhib... Read story
More Mush from the Wimps
AFL-CIO economist John Zalusky's argument that big companies benefit the economy more than small ones do. Read story
Business Groups Launch Campaign Against AOL
The online provider's plan to charge fees for bulk e-mail has drawn widespread criticism. Read story
Agenda 5/06
Sports records abound this month; use Memorial Day to set one of your own. Read story
Home Is Where The Work Is
The scattered ranks of home-based business operators are forming up to battle an apparent attack on homework by unions. Homework in the outerwear and wome... Read story
Hotline
Hotline informational paragraphs on above topics and subtopics. Read story
New Website Tracks Worker Injuries
An AFL-CIO affiliate has posted data on 60,000 companies online. Read story
Living in the Past
Some voters have abandoned the Democratic party because of its failure to support small, nonunion companies. Read story
Minimum-Wage Increase: A Blow to Small Businesses?
While critics say the House bill will hurt business owners, many companies are already paying higher wages. Read story
Gulf Coast Businesses Picking Up the Pieces -- Slowly
Nov. 4, 2005 --Ralph Brennan counts himself lucky. In the two months since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, he's kept two of his ... Read story
A Failure To Communicate
Small business may have a special Presidential report, but until some more fundamental changes occur, it will never have much clout with the President. Read story
Medical Leave Changes Expected
Feb. 25, 2005 -- With the U.S. Department of Justice poised to propose changes in the decade-old Family and Medical Leave Act, a study re... Read story
Ergonomics
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This month's feedback. Read story
The Little State That Could
Rhode Island thinks it can, it thinks it can, it thinks it can. Read story
The Great Fund Failure
Mutual funds were designed to let the small guy invest in the market cheaply and efficiently. The system doesn't work, though, when fund investors are to... Read story
A Debate over Workers' Rights
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Network: March 1992
Network reader-to-reader advice. Read story
National Labor Relation Board (NLRB)
Related Terms: Labor Unions The National Labor Relat... Read story
Economist;
His "share economy" may be the best new idea since Keynes: substituting profit sharing for fixed wages as a cure for unemployment. Read story
Courting Bankruptcy
When the president of Bildisco filed for Chapter 11, he didn't know he would be rewriting the bankruptcy laws. Read story
Equal Pay for Equal Work
A federal law, the Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. ยง 206), requires employers to pay all employees equally for equal work, regardless of their gender. It was pa... Read story
The Private War Of James Sullivan
More than 1,800 product liability lawsuits have transformed Pacor Inc. into a legal battlefield. Read story
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