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  • Labor’s “civil wars” ending inconclusively

    The “civil war” that Steve Early mentions in his new book is not about the class war between labor and capital, nor any war between a conservative right and a radical left in unions. It is the war that split labor’s progressive left (however you define it), a conflict that was triggered by the swift celebrity rise of Andy Stern as the new labor leader, touted, for a time, as the champion of a newly invigorated and enlightened union movement.

  • Labor’s Civil War in California, the NUHW healthcare workers rebellion

    Cal Winslow, author of this 121-page booklet, is identified as a PhD historian trained at Warwick University; but as he makes clear, "This is not an academic exercise." It is an extended brief on behalf of Sal Rosselli's new National Union of Healthcare Workers in its battle with the Service Employees International Union over which union shall represent some 150,000 healthcare workers in California. These are the unionists who were represented by United Healthcare Workers-West, the SEIU local headed by Rosselli.

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  • Hiring Hall Rights

    The LMRDA provides very few rights related to the fair operation of hiring halls. The basis for the rights of hiring hall users is found in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), particularly Section (b)(1)(A), which requires unions to abide by what is called the duty of fair representation. There are two kinds of hiring halls: exclusive and non-exclusive. Under an exclusive hiring hall, employers agree to obtain all, or a fixed percentage, of workers from the union.

  • Sus derechos en el trabajo y en la unión: Cómo presentar un agravio y conseguir representación de la unión

    Motivo de esta publicación El propósito de este folleto es ayudar a los trabajadores que tienen una unión a hacer el mayor uso posible de sus derechos en el trabajo. El folleto relaciona algunos derechos básicos que los trabajadores sindicalizados frecuentemente tienen en sus contratos y muestra cómo se pueden exigir esos derechos. Aunque existen muchas diferentes leyes y regulaciones que protegen sus derechos, lo más importante es siempre organizar a sus compañeros de trabajo y tomar acción. Organizarse como grupo es la mejor forma de luchar por sus derechos y ganar.

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