As the presidential election campaign heats up, the Republican platform appears to have the Affordable Care Act squarely in its sights. The question for Organized Labor is at once interesting and troubling. From the perspective of social justice, universal health … Continued
Happy Labor Day! E&B participated in organized Labor’s annual celebration at the Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade. This year, Pittsburgh was lucky to have Vice President Joe Biden in attendance to give our celebration some real star power. We hope that the Vice … Continued
June 26th is a big day for equality. On June 26, 2003, in Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court held that the Texas statute which criminalized certain sexual conduct between individuals of the same sex was unconstitutional. On June 26, … Continued
Each year, 35,000 children in the United States are diagnosed with congenital heart disease. Congenital heart disease occurs in 1 in every 100 births, which means that it’s as common as autism and more prevalent than childhood cancer. CHDs are … Continued
In over 200 cities across the U.S. and 30 countries worldwide, workers and supporters united in protest to call on corporations to raise wages for not only fast food workers, but also security guards, adjunct professors, home-care aides and other … Continued
We’ve written before about the now all too familiar subject of Right-To-Work-For-Less laws proposed in Pennsylvania, including the deliberately misnamed “Paycheck Protection” bills. These laws are contrived by the 1% to make sure that working people do not have any … Continued
“Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Since I was a child, Star Trek featured prominently in my house. My parents were (or at least acted) thrilled when I was finally … Continued
Happy birthday to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), the last truly employee friendly piece of legislation that Congress passed! The passage of the FMLA was a victory for employees which gave full-time workers (employed at companies … Continued
On December 15, 2014, the NLRB issued its new final rule amending its representation-case procedures. The rule was published in the Federal Register and will take effect on April 14, 2015. The NLRB conducts employee elections in the workplace to … Continued
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and … Continued