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Issa and NLRB Continue Duel, as Boeing CEO Threatens to Shift More Production

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Earlier this month, House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) threatened National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Lafe Solomon with a subpoena if he did not hand over key internal deliberative documents relating to the Boeing case by 5 p.m. on Tuesday July 26. Solomon hasn’t complied. On July 26, he wrote to Issa asking him to …

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OSHA Fines Honeywell, Citing 17 ‘Serious Violations’ at Uranium Facility

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Federal action comes almost exactly one year after USW members were locked-out of Illinois plant by international company When union workers were locked out over a year ago at the Honeywell uranium facility in Metropolis, Ill., they warned that the unskilled scabs being brought into the plant would cause accidents at the uranium enrichment facility …

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Study: Increasing Wages at Wal-Mart Would Barely Affect Shoppers

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Wal-Mart is the largest private-sector employer in the United States. It employs more than 1.4 million workers here, but pays them an estimated 12 percent less than average retail workers in the country. Many argue that, while unfortunate, such low wages help poor families since by allowing them to purchase goods cheaply. That argument was …

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Is the Labor Department Dragging Its Feet On Promising Anti-Wage Theft Measure?

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Advocates estimate that tens of billions dollars are stolen from workers every year through wage theft. A national survey of workers in the United States’ three largest cities – New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles – showed the startling finding that 26 percent of those surveyed in low-wage industries were paid less than the minimum …

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New Labor Split? Trumka Refuses to Denounce Obama Chamber of Commerce Speech

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Many in the labor movement objected to President Barack Obama speaking at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Yet there was little protest from AFL-CIO leaders to the president’s speech. For the first time, President Obama ventured over to the Chamber of Commerce to speak. While the speech was full of the usual platitudes of …

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Obama Admin Blocks Two Workplace Safety Regulations, Pleasing Big Business

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Last month, President Obama wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal calling for “a government-wide review of the rules already on the books to remove outdated regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive.” The announcement by Obama to eliminate burdensome regulation was seen as dramatic tilt to the right for …

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Do the New NLRB Rules Really Help Workers Organize?

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A series of rules have been proposed recently by the National Labor Relations Board that improve the rights of workers on the job. The rule changes by the NLRB have been hailed by organized labor as great triumphs that will promote the right to organize. But some question whether the regulations go far enough. In …

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Is the Federal Pay Freeze Obama’s PATCO?

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For unionists, pay freeze reminiscent of Reagan’s attack on federal workers The Obama Administration, looking to bolster its deficit-cutting credentials and show its desire to take on what some label a “special interest”—organized labor—yesterday announced a two-year freeze on the wages of all federal workers. Tim Fernholz of The American Prospect points out that the pay …

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Rescued Chilean Miners Greeted As Heroes — but They’re Also Victims

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The 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for 69 days have been treated like heroes since their rescue this week. They were invited to the country’s presidential palace for a special soccer game. A Greek mining executive offered to pay for them to take an all-expense paid trip to Greece to just relax for a few …

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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.

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