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American Rights at Work stands up for America's workers. Our vision is a nation where the freedom of workers to organize unions and bargain collectively with employers is guaranteed and promoted.
www.americanrightsatwork.o
American Rights at Work stands up for America's workers. Our vision is a nation where the freedom of workers to organize unions and bargain collectively with employers is guaranteed and promoted.
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Monday, December 1 at 11:00pm - Labor Caucus at Netroots Nation
Room 17A, Convention Center
Thursday, July 17 at 10:30am - Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights...
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Tuesday, June 24 at 5:00pm
American Rights at Work Take action with our friends at the International Labor Rights Forum:
www.unionvoice.org
Uzbekistan is the second largest cotton exporter in the world. Every year, the government of Uzbekistan forces thousands of children and teachers out of the classrooms and into the fields to harvest ...
American Rights at Work The truth on T-Mobile USA and its parent company
www.americanrightsatwork.org
In a new report, the American Rights at Work Education Fund exposes a systematic campaign to prevent employees from forming a union by T-Mobile USA and its parent company, German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom (DT).
American Rights at Work Tell the U.S. Chamber of Commerce we need good jobs, green jobs, and union jobs! Here are some ideas.
action.americanrightsatwork.org
Tomorrow, the White House is holding a "jobs summit." And representatives from companies on the U.S. Chamber's board will be there. Facebook is a great way to get the Chamber's attention. Follow these steps to show the Chamber you mean business.
American Rights at Work we're in the middle of an email- and tweet-a-thon against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for obstructing reform from climate change to health care to labor law. Join in!
www.notmychamber.com
Right now, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is engaged in a $100 million campaign to block reforms that would aid struggling Americans and help fix our economy. Their goals? Sink health care reform, fight tooth and nail against any real solutions to the climate crisis, stop needed fixes to our labor la...
American Rights at Work Our friends at CEPR have a new report:
www.cepr.net
Over the last quarter century, the unionized workforce has changed dramatically, according to this new CEPR report. In 2008, union workers reflected trends in the workforce as a whole toward a greater share of women, Latinos, Asian Pacific Americans, older, more-educated workers, and a shift out of ...
American Rights at Work FYI, folks, we have a new Executive Director!! Congrats to Kim.
www.americanrightsatwork.org
Kimberly Freeman Brown has been chosen as our new Executive Director. Through her background rooted in progressive causes, Kim brings a wealth of experience and accomplishment to her new role.
American Rights at Work Our latest report, on how an imbalance between labor and immigration law enforcement is hurting workers
www.americanrightsatwork.org
When unscrupulous employers fail to uphold labor standards for certain groups of workers, like undocumented immigrants, all U.S. workers suffer the consequences.
American Rights at Work scroll down for Kimberly Freeman's take on the Red Cross's anti-worker business practices.
www.stltoday.com
The story "Study of Red Cross blasts labor relations" (Oct. 9), about working conditions at the American Red Cross, underscores the need for workers to have a voice in their employment and the need for labor law reform that would level the playing field.
American Rights at Work Check it out: our Acting Executive Director Kimberly Freeman responds to an anti-union rant (scroll down)
www.latimes.com
Continetti's rant against unions shows just how out of touch right-wing ideologues are with the challenges of our time. For starters, President Obama should be commended for creating opportunities for working families, not just corporate chief executives. His support for policies that protect the r...
American Rights at Work
yikes, did you see this study from Jobs with Justice? http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/st
www.stltoday.com
Workers cite long hours, low pay, undertrained staff at blood drives and attempt to break unions.
American Rights at Work A big win for workers' rights!
www.washingtonpost.com
In what Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis called a "huge victory" for farm workers, one of the country's largest food service companies announced Friday that it will buy winter tomatoes only from growers that pay a fair wage and offer good working conditions.
American Rights at Work Our friends at Jobs with Justice are organizing this week of action: check it out!
www.jwj.org
ONE YEAR AGO Congress & the Federal Reservebailed-out Wall Streetand the insurers, claiming they were “too big to fail." ONE YEAR LATER...# Workers are losing their jobs, homes, healthcare, & retirement security...Corporations still “own” Congress & are continuing with “business as usual” by blocki...
American Rights at Work Bill Moyers on "the state of the unions." What do you think: does he do a good job?
www.pbs.org
The AFL-CIO held its convention the week of September 14, 2009, in a time of uncertainty. A new Gallup poll showed support for unions at the lowest level since they began posing the question in 1936. And, ...
American Rights at Work our friends at SEIU have a few pics up from last week's lobby day!
www.flickr.com
More than 300 activists from 15 states are on Capitol Hill today to tell their elected leaders that workers need and deserve meaningful labor law reform. The diverse group of small business owners, veterans, farmers, students, faith leaders, civil rights activists, women’s advocates, and environmen...
American Rights at Work Great video from yesterday's Day of Action, thanks to Sum of Change!
www.youtube.com
For more coverage of the Employee Free Choice Day of Action, visit http://www.SumofChange.com
