February 2007 Archives

February 28, 2007

Workers to Congress: Help Us Have a Voice

Anishya Sanders and Kenny Tucker didn’t clock in today, but they did put time in with their legislators on Capitol Hill. The Laborer and Teamster shared their experiences with members of Congress to show how the Employee Free Choice...

February 26, 2007

Two Things You Can Do Today to Help Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

In my last post, I said I would follow up with suggestions on how you can take action to help more workers have a voice in their workplace. Here they are: CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE: All week, join with workers...

February 22, 2007

News Flash: Wal-Mart Uses Sweatshop Labor

The Worker Rights Consortium turned up the heat on Wal-Mart yesterday with a new report that confirms what we already knew about the company: Wal-Mart buys its clothes from third world sweatshops that abuse worker rights. Among other labor...

February 20, 2007

Let's Talk About EFCA

If you follow labor issues at all -- and since you're reading this blog, that's probably a safe bet -- you've probably been hearing a lot of buzz lately about the Employee Free Choice Act, or "EFCA" for short. We're...

Pro-Employee Free Choice Act op-ed in the LA Times

Harley Shaiken, a professor specializing in labor and the global economy at UC Berkeley, wrote an op-ed in Saturday’s Los Angeles Times that explains how safeguarding workers’ access to unions ensures a more prosperous society....

American Rights at Work sets the record straight

Powerful, well-funded business special interest groups have launched a campaign of misinformation to derail the Employee Free Choice Act, and in the process, make it harder for workers to achieve the American Dream. In a comprehensive rebuttal, American Rights...

Welcome to CtW Connect, the blog

CtW introduced Connect  a couple of months ago as an online newsletter to bring you news, action items and workers’ voices from the movement to restore the American Dream in the 21st century. The response has been great, but...