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Fashionable Unions – H&M Workers in NYC Ratify First Contract
When you think of unions and New York City, what comes to mind? Probably not what they’re selling at international reasonably-priced fashionista retailer H&M.
But in a sign of the times, over 1,000 NYC employees are going to work today under a newly-ratified union contract that will raise their hourly pay and place restrictions on the company’s ability to change schedules at the last minute.
So does this mean the labor movement is getting a makeover?
EFCA Update: Senator Blanche Lincoln Announces Opposition While Senator Mark Warner Announces Support for Cloture
Two more senators’ stances have weakened EFCA’s chances of passing as-is. Signs are starting to point to compromize, but what that means is still a mystery.
Battle Royale: EFCA is Finally on the Floor
After months (years, really) of prep and wrangling, The Employee Free Choice Act was finally introduced in both Houses of Congress by Rep. Miller and Sen. Harkin.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wasted no time mobilizing hundreds of lobbyists to offices on the Hill.
Put your helmets on. This is going to get rough.
Senator McCaskill on This Week: Dems Don’t Have the Votes for EFCA, Do They Have a New Plan?
Yesterday, Senator Clair McCaskill appeared on ABC News’s This Week and told George Stephanopolous she didn’t think the Democrats had the votes to pass EFCA.
Then she said card check may be unfair.
And then (while the rest of us were trying to blink) she made her pitch.
Multiple Sources: EFCA Will Hit House on Monday
Word is spreading throughout the blogosphere that the Employee Free Choice Act will be introduced on Monday, March 9 by Rep. Miller (of California) and Senator Ted Kennedy.
Release the rhetorical hounds!