Crooks and Liars

Thursday May 3, 2012 03:00 pm

Labor News and Notes Round-Up

By Kenneth Quinnell

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

  • Republicans are preventing an energy wind tax credit from moving forward, even though it would create jobs
  • Human trafficking and slavery are on the rise in the U.S.
  • Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker raised $13 million in three months to fight his recall battle
  • The Obama administration backs down from protecting children in farm labor
  • Mitt Romney finally ditched the former NLRB member that was privy to inside information
  • AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka blasts Walmart over the Mexico bribery scandal
  • Is the way to get a better deal at a restaurant to exploit the workers? That's what one "professor" is recommending
  • Taxpayer funds are being used for union-busting activities
  • The next battlefield in the war to make corporations more accountable is shareholder meetings
  • Workers in the dining halls at Pomona College are being injured at twice the national rate
  • Is it possible for organized labor to have a favorite tea party Republican? Looks like it is
  • AFGE blasts Mitt Romney for his unfair and inaccurate attacks on government workers