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Unions Lobby For Educators To Teach Labor History

In Connecticut, Unions and their allies are trying to flex their muscle in state legislatures, pushing for labor history to be included in social studies curriculum and hoping a new generation of high school students will one day be well-educated in labor issues. However, the results are instead shaping up as a reminder of the […]

Manpower Survey Reveals Startling Facts About Future Energy Staffing

Manpower released a report on May 5th that details that one of the greatest challenges facing the energy sector over the next decade will be in finding qualified talent to operate and maintain the nations electrical power supply and generation. This report comes out when some utilities are their fighting workers on almost every frony […]

Contracting Out: Understanding The Impacts

*Daphne T. Greenwood, Ph. D. is professor of economics and director of the Colorado Center for Policy Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. In addition to serving in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1990‐1994, she has been a visiting scholar at the U. S. Treasury Department and the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin‐Madison, Honors Professor at the U. S. Naval Academy and a corporate economist with Esmark, Inc. Dr. Greenwood authored a recent award winning book on local economic development in the United States and has published widely in the public policy arena. She authored a study for the Colorado Center forPolicy Studies, adjunct to the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, entitled: “The Decision To Contract out: Undestanding The Full Economic and Social Impacts.” (click for full article) *Her Key Findings include: Outsourcing to private corporations undermines principles fundamental to our democratic system by creating conditions such as:  Reduced accountability, transparency, and clarity about who’s in charge  Frequent conflicts of interest and nepotism and fewer whistleblower protections  Removing control of key public decisions from citizens and their elected officials Contracting can involve substantially lower wages and benefits for local workers […]

Safety Suffers When Unions Suffer

Part of being union is having a voice in the workplace. Having a voice in the workplace means that you have protection and mechanisms in place if your employer takes any action to muzzle your legitimate complaints. An employer in Jacksonville, Florida, is feeling the wrath of OSHA after a senseless workplace tragedy that took […]

Who Owns West Virginia?

The West Virginia Center On Budget and Policy released an interesting report on just who the largest corporate landowners in West Virginia are and how these patterns have been changing. Purchase of West Virginia’s land by timber management companies is perhaps the most interesting finding by investigators for this report, researchers also found: The top […]

Workers Standing Together Still Middle Class America’s Best Defense

Tim Paulson is the executive director of the San Francisco Labor Council, and his recent article in SF Gate he outlines what many in unions already know; workers standing together is the last line of defense against an ever increaing income gap caused by corporate greed. Paulson strings together the picture faced by most working Americans, whether […]

International Union Density

Those who are against unions like to pretend that the labor movement is some homegrown wacko movement that breaks out in a few confined geographical areas of the U.S. that’s usually led by troublemakers. The truth is that the labor movement is a worldwide struggle fought by workers in almost every developed or developing country. […]

No Secrets With Open Secrets

Open Secrets is a website dedicated to exposing the elephant in the room in American politics: MONEY! It’s a quality site that’s been used as a research tool by news organizations in discovering who is beholding to who in the political arena. Visit it today and learn! Open Secrets report for: […]

Weingarten Tab Added For our Members

UWUA Local 304 has added a new “Weingarten” tab to our website to inform all our members of what Weingarten Rights are and how to use them to protect themselves. The tab is under the TOP MENUS, under NEWS, go to UWUA LOCAL 304 NEWS and look for the little arrow on the right […]