Workers all over the country are rising up by the thousands to defend the basic American right to collectively bargain. We can fight the anti-union ambush in the states with worker solidarity among Latinos and all workers, but first we need to understand why we are fighting and what is at stake. What is happening […]
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Guest Blogger Series: Hector E. Sanchez “Warning: If They Take Wisconsin They Might Go After Our Weekends Too”
March 18, 2011 By Latinovations Staff
Filed Under: Today's Feature Tagged With: Americans, collectively bargain, democratic process, Economy, Gov. Walker, Indiana, Koch brothers, Latinos, Medicare, middle class, minimum wage, negotiate, Ohio, Social Security, union, Wisconsin, workers, workweek
Guest Blogger Series: Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis “At the Table”
March 4, 2011 By Latinovations Staff
I was “raised union.” My mother, who immigrated to the United States from Nicaragua, worked the 3 p.m. to midnight shift at a toy factory after the birth of my younger twin sisters. She was a member of the United Rubber Workers, which later merged with the Steelworkers Union. My father worked at a battery […]
Filed Under: Guest Blogger, Today's Feature Tagged With: Budget, Business, Collective bargaining, local government, management, members, Organized labor, President Obama, productivity, public servants, Steelworkers Union, Teamsters Union, union, United Rubber Workers, workers
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