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Illinois could be the next state to curb ‘captive audience meetings’ on labor issues at work
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIllinois legislators are advancing a measure that would prohibit employers from holding mandatory...
OPINION: Worker Freedom Act would create fairer organizing conditions in Colorado
Montrose Daily Press· 1 day agoThis legislation would protect workers in the face of captive audience meetings, along with any type of meeting that involves listening to an employer’s ...
Labor-backed bill banning 'captive audience' meetings awaits House action
Crain s Chicago Business· 2 days agoThe Illinois AFL-CIO labor organization brought the measure to Sen. Robert Peters, D-Chicago, in an effort to ban what the unions refer to as employer-sponsored “captive & ...
The Most Hated Band in Recent History Is Suddenly Beloved—and Even Cool. What Happened?
Slate via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe idea is to teleport a captive audience back into the dirtbags they once embodied and to a...
A frank look at hot dog prices at MLB ballparks
Washington Post via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoActor Humphrey Bogart once remarked that a hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz. Most baseball fans would agree with the sentiment, though...
Men to be targeted in workplace for health checks
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoShe told the Commons health and social care committee inquiry on men’s health that they often had a “nervousness” about coming forward for checks, with...
TEAMSTERS CELEBRATE PASSAGE OF VERMONT PRO ACT
WPRI Providence· 3 days agoThe Teamsters commended the Vermont Senate today for passing the Vermont PRO Act (S. 102), legislation that would make it easier for both private and public sector workers to unionize by expanding ...
A sex scandal that’s boring the public − and a judge forced to keep Trump focused
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAnd Trump effectively says, “No, I’d rather go to jail.” Imagine if Trump did what the judge is...
Presidential election pivotal in how labor board will referee unions
The Columbian· 15 hours agoAs the United Auto Workers continues its organizing drive in the South with an election next week at...
UAW's organizing effort faces crucial test with Mercedes vote
Detroit News· 3 days agoThe United Auto Workers has struggled for years to organize beyond its Detroit Three stronghold, but hopes by late next week it will represent workers at another southern foreign-owned auto ...