Labor News And Notes Round-Up

The latest stories from the front lines of the labor fight across the country... Why don't Republicans want to help the more than 100 children a year who die while working on farms A judge has halted the new National Labor Relations Board
By Kenneth Quinnell — May 18, 2012

The latest stories from the front lines of the labor fight across the country...

  • Why don't Republicans want to help the more than 100 children a year who die while working on farms
  • A judge has halted the new National Labor Relations Board rules for union elections because of a technicality
  • Take action to stop the assault on teachers and students in Massachusetts
  • Tell New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to raise the state's minimum wage
  • Newt Gingrich's sugar daddy is now funding Scott Walker, too
  • Rep. Darrell Issa is abusing his position as chair of the House Oversight Committee to go after unions and working families
  • Milwaukee ironworker Randy Bryce is running for the state assembly
  • Elections officials in Michigan kept secret proof that Emergency Manager repeal petitions were legal
  • Politicians being targeted for recall in Wisconsin have strong ties to ALEC
  • Some state legislators are afraid of being targeted like Scott Walker and are backing off their anti-union agenda

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