Justice on the job; perspectives on the erosion of collective bargaining in the United States.
9780880992787 Justice on the job; perspectives on the erosion of collective bargaining in the United States. Ed. by Richard N. Block et al. W.E. Upjohn Institute 2006 355 pages $22.00 Paperback HD6508 ...

Kaiser RNs Win Major Gains in New Pact.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-3 September 2006-Kaiser RNs Win Major Gains in New Pact(C)2006 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com In a comprehensive settlement providing gains for the largest private sector group of unionized registered nurses in the nation, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee has announced a tentative...

County, unions headed for talks.
Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Just weeks after a strike at Lane Transit District over contract negotiations, another local public agency is heading into contract talks. And the same issue is at the heart of the new negotiations: the fast-rising cost of health insurance. Lane...

LTD talks are still sitting at the curb.
Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard Nothing yet. Negotiators for the Lane Transit District and its union-represented employees spent a full day Friday with a professional mediator but still couldn't come up with enough give-and-take to arrive at a tentative contract settlement. That leaves...

Making a better living from caregiving: comparing strategies to improve wages for care providers *.
IT IS A WELL-KNOWN FACT THAT OCCUPATIONS in which women are disproportionately represented are not typically as well remunerated as those dominated by men (Armstrong and Armstrong, 1992; Cohen and Huffman, 2003; Kazanjian, 1993). Many attribute this pay differential to the overall devaluation of women's work (Armstrong and Armstrong,...

Only P195 B left for House to divide among gov't agencies.
Byline: BEN R. ROSARIO Congress losing power over the purse? This question was answered in the affirmative by six members of the House of Representatives independent bloc who insisted that automatic appropriations for Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) and debt servicing have considerably weakened the legislature's...

Occupational safety summit opens today.
The two-day 1st Mindanao Summit on Occupational Safety and Health opens today at the Waterfront Insular Hotel in Davao City in time for the heavy influx of investments in Southern Philippines, and the increase in employment from 7.8 million to 8.1 million as stated in data released by the...

Now more than ever, workers need to defend rights.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By C.J. Mann and John Sweeney For The Register-Guard Vanishing retirement security. Rising health care costs. Gas prices north of $3 a gallon. Workers in every industry are feeling the crunch of an increasingly harsh economy. As if it weren't difficult enough for working...

Use of contractors tramples workers' rights.
Byline: Bob Bussel For The Register-Guard In the film version of John Steinbeck's classic novel "The Grapes of Wrath," there is a memorable scene in which tenant farmers are told that they are about to be evicted from the land that their family has worked for generations....

EWEB, union to give talks another try.
Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard One week into a first-ever strike, EWEB union workers and management have yet to settle a contract - appearing to have instead settled into their assigned roles: workers walking the picket line, managers insisting everything's going just fine. The two...