The AFL-CIO is bringing pressure to bear on Arizona’s senators to support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Huffington Post reports, Organized Labor Puts Heat On Democratic Holdouts To Support PRO Act: The AFL-CIO labor federation says it’s spending seven figures on television and radio ads aimed at bolstering Senate support for the … Read more
Republicans are attacking your rights at multiple levels — voting rights, reproductive rights, the right to protest, the right to sue a business, the right to citizens initiative, and the right to unionize. On Tuesday, the first bill up for debate was SB1268, the anti-union ALEC bill. In committee, we were led to believe that … Read more
MSNBC’s Joy Reid sarcastically refers to prima donna senator Joe Manchin as “Prime Minister Manchin” and “the prince of Appalachia.” Maybe all the negative attention this prima donna senator has been getting is paying off. The Hill reports, Manchin throws support behind union-backed PRO Act: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Monday threw his support behind the … Read more
Voting officially ends Monday for some 5,800 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, who have been casting ballots by mail on whether to unionize. It’s going to take some time to count their votes. Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse. While we are awaiting the results, the U.S. Supreme Court … Read more
The House voted 225-206 Wednesday evening to pass a sweeping labor rights bill aimed at making it easier for workers to unionize and provide them increased collective bargaining rights in workplace disputes. Only one Democrat, conservative Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), voted against this bill. Five Republicans surprisingly voted for this pro-labor union organizing bill: Brian … Read more