Republican Senate leaders are so frightened that a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) might actually have an open mind about workers’ rights, that in two purely partisan maneuvers, they’ve blocked a majority vote on one of President Obama’s nominees for an NLRB seat. Read More>>

Earlier this week, we noted a new study that predicts health insurance premiums will jump between 10 percent and 11 percent this year. Now a new government report says health care costs last year took the biggest bite ever out of the nation’s economy. Read More>>

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says workers face increasing obstacles when they try to form unions and “we need to restore their freedom to do so.” In testimony before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee today, Solis looked back at the department’s actions in 2009 and forward to its 2010 agenda. Read More>>

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

AFL- CIO Office, Montgomery, Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

TIRE UNIONS PRESSING OBAMA

Unless there's a compromise, President Barack Obama faces having to choose between union workers who supported his election bid or good relations with China that holds significant U.S. debt.

Obama faces a Sept. 17 deadline to act on a recommendation by the U.S. International Trade Commission to slap a tariff on cheaper imported Chinese car and light truck tires so domestic tire makers can compete.

Tire worker unions in Gadsden and Tuscaloosa are urging Obama to put a duty on imports that unions say reduce American jobs because domestic tire makers can't compete with manufacturers who pay lower wages and don't have expensive environmental and regulatory restrictions.   Read more >

 

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT

NELP joins with its partners in releasing a new report, Confronting the Gloves-Off Economy: America's Broken Labor Standards and How to Fix Them. Read More

 

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT

THE ROAD TO RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTING

Lessons from States and Cities for Ensuring
That Federal Contracting Delivers Good Jobs
and Quality Services  Read More

 

 

27th BIENNIAL CONVENTION HELD

From Vance McCrary, Chair, Alabama Organized Labor Awards Foundation