Clear Channel and its Tennessee lawyer stalled bargaining for 18 months before claiming negotiations were at an impasse. Clear Channel implemented a piece work pay system that cuts pay by $60 a day or 30% overall, a 7-day work week, … [Read more...]
Some pushback for Bump
Remember the Suzanne Bump labor controversy (or not) from last week? The President of the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts calls sour grapes on the Romney appointees pushing this story:The so-called allegations by two … [Read more...]
Ever wonder how unions get started? Most people have no idea.
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Thursday on the Employee Free Choice Act - the most important legislation in 70 years to ensure workers' freedom to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions.Most people have no … [Read more...]
Guerrilla Vlogger: AFL-CIO hosts John Edwards in Manchester, NH with oreos
Tula Connell asked an important question in her excellent Labor Day diary. If Unions are so great then why don't more people join them? Today this is what employers do when you try to start a union: 92% of private-sector employers, … [Read more...]
Teamsters: “You want us to go get some movies?”
Jay Fitzgerald reports that the Teamsters local 25 had a little request to make of the gubernatorial candidates:Local 25, whose film unit has a notorius [sic] past that includes allegations of shaking down movie producers filming in Boston, … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick and another corporate board
Today's Globe has a very interesting column on Deval Patrick's years on the UAL Corp. board. Much like the whole Ameriquest deal, it's about time that more light is shed on Deval's practices while in the private sector... … [Read more...]
New Working Families Party has first organizational meeting
About 50 organizers gathered on Sat. May 13 for the first meeting of a new Working Families organization. There was good turnout from labor (CWA, IBT, SEIU, UFCW, UAW, MTA, IBEW, and IUOE), community groups (Mass Senior Action, ACORN, City … [Read more...]
Where’s Labor?
You know, these Koufax Awards are great for exposing us to other state blogs, and Bluegrass Report from Kentucky is A. wiping the floor with us and everyone else at the awards (go vote for us!), and B. a really good blog in an interesting … [Read more...]
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