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Attack on NLRB Worst Since the 1930s

Mike Hall | Political Action/Legislation

Attack on NLRB Worst Since the 1930s

Wilma Liebman who served 14 years on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—including chairwoman from 2009–2011—says, “Appointments to the NLRB have been a political battleground for decades.” But, in a column today in Politico , she says the current attack on the NLRB is the most vicious since the board was created in the 1930s.

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'Warmth of Other Suns' Author at Georgetown June 12

Dan Marschall | Organizing/Bargaining

'Warmth of Other Suns' Author at Georgetown June 12

Isabel Wilkerson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will address scholars, labor activists and workers’ center organizers at the second annual conference of the Labor Research and Action Network (LRAN) at Georgetown University on June 12. Wilkerson is the author of The Warmth of Other Suns , a magnificent rendition of the great migration of some 6 million black Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North and West.

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Trumka: Manufacturing Revival Vital to Strong National Security

Robert Struckman | Economy

Center for National Policy

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka today said our national security depends on reviving the nation’s manufacturing and industrial base . He called for adding 4 million manufacturing jobs and eliminating the trade deficit within five years.  

In a wide-ranging speech at the Center for National Policy ( CNP ), Trumka said economic strength is crucial to America’s national security and economic standing, and manufacturing is central to economic strength. That’s a connection that most people understand, he said.

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NLRB: Federal Law Pre-Empts State Secret-Ballot Amendments

James Parks | Organizing/Bargaining

Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) took steps to enforce workers’ rights as guaranteed by U.S. law. The board advised the attorneys general of Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah that so-called secret ballot amendments to their state constitutions are pre-empted by the National Labor Relations Act, which offers workers two paths to choosing a union.

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