October 6, 2009

Employee Free Choice: Let’s Do It for ‘Norma Rae’

Crystal Lee Sutton, the real “Norma Rae,” just died after struggling with her insurer to pay for medical coverage. Linda Meric says health care reform responds to Sutton’s death and passing the Employee Free Choice Act will honor her life’s work. (WOMENSENEWS)–Crystal Lee Sutton, the woman whose life inspired the 1979 film “Norma Rae,” about …

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16,000 Workers Ratify New Contracts at AT&T – and More Bargaining News

This post originally appeared in the AFL-CIO blog on October 5, 2009. Reprinted with permission from the author. New contracts for 16,000 AT&T core wireline workers, members of CWA and IBEW, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 1,200 …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.