Mexico: Labour Legislation Reform Without Consultation

On 10 March 2011, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), backed by the National Action Party (PAN), put forward a bill radically reforming Mexico’s labour laws. The bill was drawn up […]

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The Right To Join A Union: From Eleanor Roosevelt to John Kasich

When my phone rang in Moss Beach, California, I was surprised to find a young girl calling from a small town in Ohio, not far from Columbus. She and her […]

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‘We Are One’ Reverberates Across Nation and Globe

In Washington, D.C., more than 1,000 marched in solidarity with workers under attack in Wisconsin, Ohio and across the country. From Pocatello, Idaho, to Paris, France, and in hundreds of […]

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Workers Fight Back Against More Than 700 Anti-Union Bills

It isn’t just the actions of tax-dodging corporations like Bank of America and Verizon that have infuriated activists. Blackwater, the private mercenary firm that recently changed its name to Xe […]

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Bahrain firms fire hundreds of strikers in crackdown

MANAMA – Bahraini firms have fired hundreds of mostly Shi’ite workers who went on strike to support pro-democracy protesters, part of a government crackdown, an opposition group said on Tuesday. […]

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In New Hampshire, ‘Right to Work’ Claims ‘Utterly’ Without Merit

When lawmakers-usually with the backing of corporations and right-wing, anti-worker groups-push for so-called right to work laws, they claim it will bring business and jobs to their states. Nothing could […]

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Why Martin Luther King Jr. Would Support the Public Worker Protests

In this guest column, Martin Luther King III, president and chief executive officer of The King Center, explains why his father would be on the front lines today supporting public […]

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Bahrain: Wave of Sackings, Threats and Violence Against Workers and Union Representatives

“The international trade union movement is extremely concerned at the large number of workers, including trade union representatives, who are being heavily penalised by the authorities simply because they exercised […]

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Unions Make the Middle Class: Without Unions, the Middle Class Withers

Why should anyone—especially those who are not union members—care that union membership is at record lows and likely to fall even further? Because if you care about the middle class, […]

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Canadians decry WI anti-labor union law

Over a thousand protestors from Washington, Oregon and British Columbia have staged a rally on the Canada-US border to express their solidarity with labor unions in Wisconsin. The rally organized […]

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Foreign-worker restrictions panned Lukaszuk, Duncan dismiss new federal rules

EDMONTON – Edmonton-Strathcona candidate Linda Duncan is getting widespread support for her call to fix the federal migrant worker program. A new federal policy forcing people who immigrate under the […]

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First Wis. Recall Petition Will Be Filed Today

The first recall petition will be filed today against a Wisconsin Senate Republican who joined the rigged vote to take away public employees freedom to bargain. Organizers say volunteers have […]

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New Hampshire protests union-busting, punitive budget

New Hampshire is already 48th out of 50 in per capita state spending. Today, 5,000 people rallied against a disastrous budget that would make huge cuts and remove collective bargaining […]

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Wisconsin Update: ‘Budget Repair’ bill not in effect, for now

Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi denied a Department of Justice effort to halt an April 1, 2011 preliminary injunction hearing, which has temporarily blocked Governor Scott Walker’s attempts to […]

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Don’t believe the hype! Economic Climate has the facts on gov’t spending

Economic Climate for Bargaining frames current economic events in terms of their impact on public sector workers, and public sector negotiations. Media personalities and corporate lobbyists have been abuzz over […]

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Collective Bargaining Rights Being Destroyed in Maryland Sparks Protest

Many people would argue that Democratic states such as Maryland would never be a battle ground for defending Collective Bargaining rights for states like Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa. That […]

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Conservatives accused of hypocrisy in dealing with immigrants: Policies prove they are no friends to new Canadians or foreign workers

Hypocritical federal Conservatives are reaching out to immigrant Canadians on one hand, but crafting policies that punish them with the other, says Alberta’s largest labour group and Linda Duncan, who […]

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New Hampshire workers to rally against collective bargaining limits

(CNN) — State workers and others planned to rally at the New Hampshire capitol Thursday after the state House approved a package that would make changes to collective bargaining laws. […]

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Wis. Judge Says Anti-Worker Law Still Blocked

A Wisconsin judge ruled late yesterday that the temporary restraining order is still in force for the law that guts collective bargaining for public employees-despite Gov. Scott Walker’s defiance of […]

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Workers Occupy Legislature After Bill to Ban Replacement Workers Defeated

Queen’s Park – Union members and their supporters are refusing to leave the legislature following the Ontario government’s defeat of legislation to ban the use of replacement workers during strikes […]

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Gov. Walker will bow to court order, halt implementation of anti-union bill

A spokesman for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday that the state will comply with a court order to temporarily halt the implementation of a notorious anti-union law, pending a […]

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Walker Administration Suspends Implementation Of Anti-Union Law, After Judge’s Third Order Against It

In a major development in Wisconsin, Secretary of Administration Mike Huebsch (R) has announced that the Walker administration is suspending implementation of its new law curtailing public employee unions — […]

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Workers Occupy Legislature After Bill to Ban Replacement Workers Defeated

Queen’s Park – Union members and their supporters are refusing to leave the legislature following the Ontario government’s defeat of legislation to ban the use of replacement workers during strikes […]

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Wisconsin Judge Halts Further Implementation Of Union Law

MADISON, Wis. – The showdown over Wisconsin’s explosive union bargaining law shifted from the Statehouse back to the courthouse on Tuesday, but it remained unclear when or even whether the […]

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