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

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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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What Are the Biggest Taboos at Work?

Leave a Comment / privacy, Workplace Conditions / By max cyril

Last week, I was watching George Carlin on HBO. I started thinking about his famous list of the seven things you can’t say on television. So this week I’m going to present the Workplace911 variation on Carlin’s list — a list of five taboo words for today’s workplace. The first taboo in today’s workplace is …

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American Apparel Stripped of 1,800 Workers – to What Effect?

Leave a Comment / immigration, sexual harassment / By max cyril

The firing of 1,800 apparently undocumented workers at American Apparel’s Los Angeles garment factory, forced by a federal investigation, is an example of the Obama administration’s new approach to workplace enforcement, which avoids the Bush administration’s militarized raids. Unlike other companies targeted for immigration enforcement, American Apparel’s factory boasts positive working conditions and relatively high …

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Federal LGBT Employment Rights On The Move

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There is no federal statute prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. A bill is on the horizon to change that, with a very good chance of passage. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009 (HR3017/S1584), introduced in various forms since 1974, would prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. …

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What Today’s Vote on the Public Option in the Senate Finance Committee Means

Leave a Comment / health care / By max cyril

Today, the Senate Finance Committee voted on two amendments from Senators Schumer and Rockefeller to add a public health insurance option to the Baucus Bill. Both of those amendments were defeated, 8-15 and 10-13 respectively. In a long debate on the amendments, Senators spoke out vigorously in favor of the idea. Rockefeller exhorted his colleagues …

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Eighth Circuit Sets Record Straight On Age Discrimination

Leave a Comment / age discrimination / By max cyril

Age Discrimination Plaintiff Gets Great Decision From Court of Appeals It looks like a typical age discrimination scenario. A supervisor makes hostile remarks about older employees and expresses a preference for younger ones. An older employee with an excellent record gets fired for trumped-up reasons and a younger employee is hired to replace her. What …

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Robbed on the Job

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage, wages / By max cyril

(Reposted from Open Left) Wage Theft Is Rampant-Estimated at Roughly $2.9 Billion Annually Last week I wrote a diary on a new report about widespread wage theft among low-income workers, “”Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers””. I said that I was working on an article for Random Lengths News. It was published on Thursday, and I’m republishing …

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What If The Jerk is YOU?

Leave a Comment / Workplace Conditions / By max cyril

I’ve seen a lot of articles about trying to work with jerks. Heck, I’ve even written a couple of ‘em. But I’ve not seen many articles that talk about how to deal with a jerk who you know intimately—yourself. What can you do if you are the jerk? This is probably the most embarrassing missive …

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Boston’s Hyatt Hotels: Not Much Hospitality Toward Their Own Workers

Leave a Comment / labor, layoffs, unions / By max cyril

An ongoing labor story here in Boston underscores why jobs and employment must remain one of our highest political, economic, and policy priorities. It involves three Hyatt hotels whose management abruptly terminated some 100 housekeeping workers after having them train replacement workers from a Georgia-based contracting company. The workers claim they were deceived into thinking …

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Real ‘Norma Rae’ Dies of Cancer After Insurer Delayed Treatment

Leave a Comment / labor, unions / By max cyril

The North Carolina union organizer who was the inspiration for the movie “Norma Rae” died on Friday of brain cancer after a battle with her insurance company, which delayed her treatment. She was 68. Crystal Lee Sutton, formerly Crystal Lee Jordan, was fired from her job folding towels at the J.P. Stevens textile plant in …

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