The National Labor Relations Board rewrote in September a 40-year-old doctrine that will undermine one of labor’s more successful organizing tactics—card-check recognition. . . .
It wasn’t long ago that unionized carpenters were more likely to attack immigrant workers as they worked on construction sites than welcome them into a union hall. . . .
Tony Mazzocchi hated work. Don’t get me wrong. He was the hardest working labor leader I’ve ever met. The work he hated was the coerced, soul-numbing labor performed by untold millions in factories, offices and other hierarchical workplaces. . . .
Workers at a Jordanian textile plant where Victoria's Secret products are manufactured struck mid-November to protest management’s poor treatment. The recent U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement has resulted in an influx of guest workers there, and several American corporations have set up shop. Guest workers go to great lengths to secure work in Jordan, often taking noxious loans to obtain the required $1,500 to $3,000 for a permit.
Those who arrive at the D.K Garments factory in Jordan face extreme work conditions, according to a recent report by the National Labor Committee (NLC). The 150 guest workers at the plant, most of whom come from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, are subjected to 15-hour days with mandatory, underpaid overtime, and an average of only one vacation day every three months.
