Cintas is being prosecuted by the National Labor Relations Board based on more than 30 charges filed by the union to which the workers are turning–UNITE. These charges spell out the company’s tactics against workers’ organizing efforts. They include firing workers to discourage union activity, spying on workers engaging in union activity and illegally threatening […]

Workers at a garment factory in Mexico, just over the border from the United States, who are producing goods for such companies as Levis and Tommy Hillfiger, recently attempted to form an independent trade union and negotiate with their employer. The employer reacted by sacking five of the union’s leaders, then fifty more, and now […]

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Verizon is trying to cut or move jobs while giving executives outrageous pay packages. Please help these Verizon workers and stand up for hometown jobs in America. Send a message to Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg. Tell him how you feel about this and show him that corporate greed has consequences. The AFL-CIO […]