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Another Lawmaker Calls for T-Mobile to Respect Workers’ Rights

After meeting with T-Mobile USA workers in his home state of Connecticut over the weekend, U.S. Sen. Richard  Blumenthal (D) sent a letter to Rene Obermann, CEO of  T-Mobile’s parent Deutsche Telekom, urging the company to respect the rights of T-Mobile workers to make a decision about whether to unionize in an open, free and fair environment.

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U.S. Rep. Condemns T-Mobile’s Anti-Union Campaign in NLRB Rule Hearing

During yesterday’s Republican-dominated House Education and Workforce hearing on proposed rules changes by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), working men and women packed the hearing. Their message that workers’ right to join  a union should  be protected was repeated by the Democratic members of the committee in sharp questioning of the mostly anti-worker witnesses.

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Study Shows Why NLRB Election Rule Changes Needed

Here are some key reasons the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) should level the playing field when workers are deciding whether to form a union. Employers’ anti-union campaigns begin much earlier than expected and continue all the way up to election. In fact, a new study found that almost half (47 percent) of serious unfair labor practices allegations are reported before a petition is even filed.

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Decent Work Key To Haiti’s Reconstruction

This is a cross post from International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) online.

In this interview, Anthony Jones, the resident representative of the ITUC and the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) in Haiti, highlights the urgency of placing decent work at the heart of Haiti’s reconstruction program after the devastating earthquakes in January 2010. He also insists on the importance of training to support the Haitian trade union movement.

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UW-Superior Academic Staff Votes For AFT

The academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Superior voted overwhelmingly yesterday for representation by AFT.  This is the first time an academic staff  has voted for a union in Wisconsin’s history and the sixth time university workers have voted for a union since Gov. Scott Walker’s  plan to eliminate public employee collective bargaining was introduced.

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U.S. Infrastructure Crumbling, Nation Falling Behind Developing Countries

When it comes to maintaining and improving its roads, bridges and other transportation facilities, the United States is falling behind even developing nations and Congress is showing no will to address the crisis, according to a report released this week by the Urban Land Institute. Further:

Despite the nation’s unemployment woes, the vast job-creation potential of infrastructure projects is being sidetracked by concerns about government spending appetites and potential cost overruns.

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