Judge's Final Order Confirms RTW Violates Wisconsin Constitution, State Seeks Stay Monday - 04-18-16

Scott Walker's anti-union administration could respond as soon as Monday after a Dane County judge finalized a formal legal order declaring the anti-union 'right to work' law unconstitutional. Judge William Faust says it violates the state constitution because it amounts to an illegal taking of services from unions. Read More...

Verizon Strike: Union Urges Public Not To Buy Verizon Products Until Strike Is Resolved

Nearly forty thousand Verizon workers are in the fifth day of a strike for a fair contract. For ten months the company continued to demand concessions as the workers sought to maintain what they have. Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have joined workers on the picket lines. None of the Republican presidential contenders support the striking workers. Read More...

Tax Day At Walmart: You Pay Taxes, They Find Ways Not To

"You pay taxes. They find ways not to." That's the message of workers at Making Change At Walmart as they announced coordinated actions in more than 75 locations on Tax Day to discourage workers from spending their tax refunds at Walmart. They produced this message promoting their Tax Day actions. Read

STRIKE NOTICE - "VICTOR PAPA" - commercial production house

The IA West Coast Office has advised as follows:
Please be advised we are on strike against the attached non union commercial company "victor papa" and are attempting to hire a scab crew. We have turned away 2 scabs so far. Please advise your members not to cross this Picket line.

June 2016 Primary Endorsements - Vote June 7th!

The California Labor Federation and local labor councils have announced Labor's endorsements for state and federal races and the ballot measure for the June primary election.

$15 an Hour Is Only Part of the Answer

This past week, two of this country’s biggest states by population, California and New York, took monumental steps to combat income inequality in America. Both passed legislation to increase their minimum wage to $15 an hour in the coming years. That’s more than double the paltry $7.25 an hour guaranteed by the federal government. More than 9 million working people will benefit from higher wages and larger paychecks. This is really life-altering. Read More

What Colombia Can Teach Us About the TPP

In the past five years, 126 trade unionists have been assassinated in Colombia. This is in addition to 74 other murder attempts. Investigations have produced almost no indictments or convictions. Colombia continues to fail to formalize employment, to protect working people who want a voice on the job and to address vast inequality.

Verizon Strike's 39,000 Workers: We're Standing Up To Corporate Greed , Determined To Win - 04-14-16

VERIZON WORKERS ON STRIKE. News & petition to sign 4-13-16

Press release: Rachel Warino, California Labor Federation

Case Study: Rosewood. An AB 1839 tax incentive recipient

Case Study: Rosewood
Television shows like Dexter, CSI Miami and Nip/Tuck all have two things in common: they were fictionally set in Miami, but filmed in Los Angeles and Orange County. This year, Fox’s new show Rosewood joins this list. Rosewood is a police procedural drama that focuses on Dr. Johnny Rosewood, the owner of one of the top independent crime labs in the country.

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