labor law

  • Secondary Targets Can Be Union's Primary Focus
    Robert M. Schwartz
    May 24 2012 - 12:19pm
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    It may come as a surprise to some unionists, but the National Labor Relations Act does not prohibit boycott campaigns against neutral or secondary companies. Although the Taft-Hartley amendments of 1947 are frequently described (even on some union websites) as a ban on “secondary boycotts,” this term does not appear in the law.

  • Michigan Amendment Would Block Anti-Union Legislation
    Theresa Moran
    Apr 23 2012 - 3:30pm

    Rather than waiting for a right-to-work law to pass, Michigan unions are mounting a petition drive to make anti-union bills unconstitutional. They need 322,609 signatures to get on the November ballot .

  • Wisconsin Needs More Than a Recall
    Eleni Schirmer
    Apr 12 2012 - 5:16pm
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    In the year since the Wisconsin uprising, outrage has been compressed into a single word: recall. But some are discussing what next, if the recalls are successful. Will they be enough to take Wisconsin forward?

  • When Your Boss Doesn’t ‘Like’ You: Surviving in Social Media
    Mischa Gaus
    Mar 8 2012 - 1:37pm

    Social media are presenting new challenges for unions as employers develop policies and discipline employees for online behavior. But whether workers are talking to each other in the lunch room or on Facebook, labor law still provides protections for private-sector workers.

  • Michigan Unions Look to Amend Constitution to Block Anti-Labor Bills
    Jane Slaughter
    Feb 20 2012 - 9:25am

    Michigan’s top union leaders are deciding whether to attempt to amend the state constitution to block emergency managers and a "right to work" law through a ballot initiative this November.

  • ‘Union Stooges'? The NLRB Is No Panacea for Workers

    Three New Year appointments to the National Labor Relations Board assure that it will continue to operate. But while unions are celebrating the NLRB’s ability to keep the lights on, along with a handful of union-supportive decisions by the board, the hard fact is that even when the NLRB is operational, it doesn’t work for workers.

  • Anti-Union Law Squeezes Wisconsin Teachers
    Evan Rohar
    Dec 5 2011 - 11:00am

    Wisconsin teachers are feeling the pinch as the consequences of Governor Scott Walker’s anti-union bill set in. Unions are using the struggle to recertify and press a recall vote for Walker.

  • Rolling Sympathy Strikes Harass Food-Service Giant
    Jane Slaughter
    Nov 25 2011 - 10:38am

    Taking advantage of contracts that allow members to honor picket lines, Teamsters spread short, rolling sympathy strikes to nine states at the nation’s second-largest food service company.

  • Corporate America in a Tizzy over Labor Board’s Boeing Order
    Jane Slaughter
    May 25 2011 - 2:15pm

    When the Labor Board told Boeing it couldn’t retaliate against workers who exercise their right to strike, Republican lawmakers and the Chamber of Commerce reacted as if Stalin himself had taken over the federal government.

  • Union-Busting Bill Stopped by Union Action—in Mexico
    Dan La Botz
    Apr 25 2011 - 1:41pm

    Tens of thousands of protesters spent weeks in the streets fighting a right-wing attempt to dismantle union rights. No, this is not Wisconsin but Mexico, where independent unions and allies forced legislators to shelve a union-busting bill.