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Verizon Strike: 'Clearly Union Busting' As 'Final Offer' Is Rejected - Unions To Submit Proposal - 05-03-16

Myles Calvey: "It's clearly union busting. That's all it is now." The IBEW's Myles Calvey on the Verizon strike, now in its third week. Verizon has given the 39,000 CWA and IBEW strikers what the company says is its final offer on a new labor contract.

Detroit Teacher Sickout Closes Public Schools - 05-03-16

A Detroit teacher "sickout" Monday closed 94 of the city's 97 public schools. The Detroit Federation of Teachers' Ivy Bailey says the 1500 teachers learned they might not be paid after June 30th. The teachers rallied Monday at a school administration building. Read More...

Suburban Chicago Fast Food Workers Rally, Urge Oak Park To Pass $15 Wage Ordinance - 05-03-16

Fast food workers rallied in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Monday demanding a $15 an hour living wage ordinance. Workers rallied and planned a march to the Village Hall meeting to request the ordinance.

Members of thee creative community sound the alarm about FCC proposal's potentially harmful impact on content creators

A diverse group of creative industry companies, advocacy groups, labor unions, associations, programmers, and individual creators are raising concerns about the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to regulate the set top box market – and its potential impact on copyright and content creators’ ability to be compensated for their work.

Mourn for the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living

Menard’s Settles OPEIU Labor Law Violations Case With NLRB - 45,000 Workers Win Class Action Rights - 04-27-16

At least 45,000 workers have won class-action lawsuit rights in a National Labor Relations Board case against Menard’s. The midwest-based home improvement supply store chain owned by Wisconsin anti-union billionaire John Menard is settling the case with the NLRB rather than trying to fight the charges that his company is violating labor law. OPEIU Local 153 attorney Seth Goldstein filed the charges along with attorney Marissa McDermott.

Local and State AFL-CIO Federations Remain Strong with Verizon Workers

Local and State AFL-CIO Federations continue to stand with the 39,000 Veri

200,000 convicted felons in Virginia will have the right to vote in November

Gov. Terry McAuliffe will allow more than 200,000 ex-cons in Virginia to register to vote in the upcoming presidential election, one of the biggest actions taken by a state to instantly restore voting rights.
The change applies to all felons who have completed their sentences and been released from supervised probation or parole. The Democratic governor’s decision particularly affects black residents of Virginia: 1 in 4 African Americans in the state has been permanently banned from voting because of laws restricting the rights of those with convictions.

Ford Invests $1.6 Billion in U.S. Plants, Creates 650 Hourly Jobs in Michigan and Ohio

Ford Motor Company is investing $1.6 billion to upgrade two of its manufacturing facilities in Michigan and Ohio, and creating or retaining 650 hourly jobs in the United States. The $1.4 billion investment in Livonia Transmission Plant, represented by UAW local 182, and $200 million investment in Ohio Assembly Plant, represented by UAW.

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