NLRB Takes Steps Toward a Fairer Election for Workers
Eye on the NLRB We commend President Obama's recess appointments of three new members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Without a functioning Board, employers and employees alike would have been stuck in legal limbo on a range of issues. The President's appointments ensure that this critical agency will be able to do its job: safeguarding workers' rights on the job and holding lawbreaking corporations accountable.

In other good news for America's workers, the NLRB recently adopted most of the provisions in its proposed rule to ensure fairer union elections. These modest reforms will go into effect April 30.

Continue to expect corporate-backed lawmakers to further their relentless assault on the 99 percent through attacks on Obama's appointments, the NLRB, and the key protections that give working Americans a fair shot at the middle class.
 
Blog at Work

New Study: Unions offer training opportunities for childcare workers
February 7, 2012: A report from the Economic Opportunity Institute helps shed light on the value unions offer to childcare providers. » Read more

Workers shouldn’t have to gamble on their future
January 30, 2012: NPR reports today on an interesting employment strategy set to be used at Revel, a new Atlantic City casino. » Read more

Union membership holds steady in 2011
January 30, 2012: Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report on union membership rates in the United States. » Read more

Cooper Tire employees left out in the cold
January 19, 2012: On November 28 last year, just days after Thanksgiving, 1,050 Cooper Tire employees were left out in the cold. » Read more

 

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Tell Cooper Tire to End the Lockout

Cooper Tire Worker Last November, Cooper Tire & Rubber locked out 1,050 workers in Findlay, Ohio. When Cooper Tire was losing money in 2008, these employees gave up $31 million in concessions. Cooper has since rebounded, raking in $300 million in profits. Workers simply want a fair deal that recognizes their sacrifice. Instead they have been left out in the cold. Take Action Now!

Partnerships in Education

edreportcover75x75.jpg In American Rights at Work Education Fund's new report, Partnerships in Education: How Labor-Management Collaboration Is Transforming Public Schools, we highlight strong labor-management partnerships between teachers’ unions and administrations that are transforming schools in communities from coast to coast. See the full report.

Highlights

Creating Hourly Careers at Walmart

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Rather than opportunities for professional growth, Walmart associates face wage caps, ever-changing schedules, expensive benefits, and an arbitrary discipline system. This new report exposes the barriers to career development at the country’s most powerful retailer, and makes the case for a new way of doing business. 

Behind the Anti-Worker Agenda

Enter the Anti-Union NetworkEverywhere you look, far-right, anti-union special interest groups are attempting to steamroll their way over working families. Learn more about organizations are spending tens of millions of dollars to enact an agenda that would set us back by decades.