Legislative and Political Action
6/30/04- New California Paid Family Leave Law!
A California paid family leave state law takes effect on Thursday, July 1, 2004. The law, the first of its kind in the nation, will allow most workers to take up to six (6) weeks o...
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6/29/04- "I Don't Cross Picket Lines. I Never Have."
With these eight words, this past weekend Sen. John Kerry illustrated the stark difference between himself and George W Bush on workers' rights, including workers' freedom to form ...
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6/28/04- AFL-CIO BUSH WATCH!
Download AFL-CIO fact sheets on Bush record on Trade and Exporting U.S. Jobs since taking office in January 2001 in PDF format....
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6/17/04- CALL Bush To Support Employee Free Choice Act!
The Employee Free Choice Act, co-sponsored by Sen. John Kerry and more than 220 other Members of Congress, would help protect the right of Americans to form a union. TAKE ACTION NO...
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6/16/04- Who Supports Workers' Freedom To Form Unions?
New legislation, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), would give workers the power to choose for themselves whether to have a union, free from the harassment and intimidation emplo...
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6/16/04- Summary of Employee Free Choice Act!
The Employee Free Choice Act was introduced on November 21, 2003, by Senator Edward Kennedy (S. 1925) and U.S. Representative George Miller (H.R. 3619). Download a summary of their...
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6/16/04- Voice@Work National Workplace Week of Action!
The National Workplace Week of Action is June 28 - July 4, 2004. This July 4th, the labor movement will focus on the freedom to bargain collectively and to form a union. We'll be c...
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6/16/04- What Does Freedom Mean To Me on Indenpendence Day?
Call the White House at 202-456-1111 and urge President Bush to SUPPORT the Employee Free Choice Act. The Employee Free Choice Act, co-sponsored by Senator John Kerry and more than...
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6/15/04- AFL-CIO BUSH WATCH!
Download AFL-CIO fact sheets on Bush record on Workers' Freedom To Join A Union since taking office in January 2001, in PDF format....
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6/14/04- Congress Hotel Strike/One-Year Anniversary Rally!
Over one thousand union activists to attend rally and civil disobedience on Tuesday, June 15, 2004, Congress Hotel 520 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois - 4:00p.m.-6:00p.m. ...
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