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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...