Crooks and Liars

Friday April 13, 2012 07:00 pm

Labor News and Notes Round-up

By Kenneth Quinnell

The latest stories from the front lines of the labor fight across the country...

  • Workers' Voice launches to connect and empower working families to make a difference in politics
  • Port truckers vote to become part of the Teamsters
  • Mitt Romney refuses to comment on the advisor who allegedly received leaked information from the National Labor Relations Board
  • NYCLU and the National Photographers Association are suing police over treatment of photographer Philip Datz
  • Job training cuts are hurting the job market
  • CEO overcompensation is hurting the economy
  • 30 Fortune 500 companies paid no net federal income taxes between 2008 and 2010
  • Public sector job losses over the past three years are the worst on record
  • Aaron Krager argues that the Chicago Teachers Union is losing its messaging battle against Rahm Emanuel
  • Unions are helping fight discrimination against Latinas
  • An Ohio bill to cut back school hours so kids can work at amusement parks appears to be dead
  • Teamsters President James P. Hoffa says the public is right to be skeptical of ALEC
  • A glossary of loaded words education "reformers" use
  • AT&T workers decide not to go on strike