James Parks

Help Fight Discrimination Against the Unemployed

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Some 25 million Americans are unemployed, underemployed or have stopped looking for work, and wages are essentially flat. Workers are struggling to get the few jobs that are available—there are 4.7 unemployed people for every one job open. As if those odds weren’t difficult enough, jobless workers face another obstacle: Many employers are discriminating against the jobless by prohibiting them …

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Jobs Crisis Forum: The Time for Excuses Is Over. Create Jobs Now

Leave a Comment / job search, unemployment / By max cyril

Shonda Sneed of Yellow Springs, Ohio, was laid off in December 2009 and is about to run out of unemployment benefits. Because of state budget cuts, she also could soon lose the health care nurse who helps care for her mother who has dementia. At the last job she applied for, she was told 450 …

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Puerto Rico Reinstates Collective Bargaining for Public Employees

NLRB Issues Complaint Over Boeing’s Move to S.C.

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

A complaint issued on April 20th by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the Boeing Co. is a victory for all American workers—particularly aerospace workers in both Puget Sound and South Carolina, officials with the Machinists (IAM) said. NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon issued the complaint, which alleges that Boeing’s decision in 2009 …

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Mexico’s Mineros to Receive Meany-Kirkland Award

Leave a Comment / worker's rights / By max cyril

Over the past five years, the Mexican government has unleashed a systematic attack on workers’ rights. Despite the continuing repression, Mexico’s independent, democratic unions organize and represent the rights of workers. Some of the most egregious attacks have been on the Mine, Metal and Steel Workers Union (SNTMMSSRM), also known as Los Mineros. The AFL-CIO Executive …

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Join March 29 Rally to Support Wal-Mart Women

Leave a Comment / discrimination, Equal Opportunity, equal pay, Wal Mart, women's issues / By max cyril

Hundreds of people will show their support outside the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, when the High Court hears oral arguments in what could become the largest class-action civil rights suit in U.S. history. The Stand with the Women of Wal-Mart rally will take place as the nation’s highest court hears arguments on Wal-Mart v. Dukes …

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UNITEHERE! Reaches Tentative Deals with Hilton Hotels

1 Comment / arbitration, unions / By max cyril

After many months of bargaining, UNITEHERE! and Hilton Worldwide have reached tentative agreements at hotels in three major markets—Chicago, San Francisco and Honolulu. The tentative agreements cover nearly 4,000 workers. While terms of the settlements vary in each city, the contracts include wage increases, improved job stability language and reduced workloads for housekeeping staff and …

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International Women’s Day: U.S., South African Union Women Share Strategies

Leave a Comment / women's issues, worker's rights / By max cyril

The problems facing working women extend across national boundaries, and today, International Women’s Day, women organizers on opposite sides of the world shared ideas and inspiration. In a live teleconference, AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler and four young women organizers in the United States talked with a roomful of women organizers in Johannesburg, South Africa. Shuler …

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Unemployed Can’t Get Jobs Because They Are…Unemployed

Leave a Comment / discrimination, EEOC, unemployment / By max cyril

As if finding a job isn’t hard enough, unemployed workers now face the added hurdle of being discriminated against because they don’t have a job. Speaking today before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project (NELP), said that practices barring the unemployed from job availabilities …

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