Today in 2005 Walmart agrees to pay a record $11 million to settle a civil immigration case for using undocumented immigrants to do overnight cleaning at stores in 21 states. ~ Labor Tribune
• Senate passes new Nafta, but much work remains • Getting the real facts: 10 journalism brands to follow • Improving federal law for pregnant workers • WNBA and players reach tentative 8-year labor deal • Steelworkers sue EPA to save anti-chemical disaster rule • State legislative staff in DE first in nation to seek to unionize • Why everyone should care who the new postmaster general is • FedEx mounts big-money push to counter unionization by US workers • One astounding chart shows why economic inequality has increased • House to vote on sweeping labor law reform by mid-February
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - Apr. 7 @ 10 a.m. Salisbury - Apr. 21 @ 10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!