Stories tagged "union"

Life for IT workers has never been harsher. Maybe IT should organize and fight back against bosses who demand the impossible and turn to outsourcing as if it were the new scab labor. Then again, maybe not

A deal that will raise the average Ontario elementary school teacher's wage above $90,000 is a "reasonable" offer that teachers should accept, Premier Dalton McGuinty said yesterday.

Boeing's employees want to strike (thereby losing money) so they can demand more money... in a bad economy/job market. These guys have really thought this through.

Events and details have been building today to culminate in Democrat Barack Obama accepting the 2008 Democratic nomination for president tonight -- down to what the newly nominated candidate will wear for his big night.

Generations of students have been taught that the South lost the Civil War because of the North's superior industry and population. A new book suggests another reason: Southerners were largely responsible for defeating the Confederacy.

WORKERS dressed as Snow White, Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters were arrested after they staged a protest over working conditions at Disneyland yesterday.

Lufthansa and its main union on Friday ended a five-day strike that disrupted air traffic in Germany. Lufthansa agreed to an immediate 5.1 percent pay increase for its 34,000 ground staff.

Harry Truman called it "a slave-labor bill." Taft–Hartley Act, is a United States federal law greatly restricting the activities and power of labor unions.

Wal-Mart tells employees about EITC, but won't allow labor to organize. "Rather than encourage employees to sign up for a tax credit for low income workers, Wal-Mart ought to respect the right of workers to a union contract and middle-class wages"

Communications union is calling on House and Senate leaders to support legislation to improve data collection about current broadband deployment, make resources available to states to move forward on determining where gaps in broadband coverage exist, and