National Call Begins at 7:30 p.m. EST; Listen Online if You’re Not Signed Up for Call List
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January 25, 2012— NewsGuild.org
Local CWA activists will join officers on the union’s first national phone call of 2012, scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, Jan. 25). If you didn’t register to be connected by phone, go to www.cwa-union.org/cwacall to listen.
The NLRB's general counsel has issued a second report on social media cases, half of them involving employer policies. Of seven such cases, five policies were found to be unlawfully broad, one was lawful and another was lawful once it was revised. While employers legally can place certain limits on social media comments, the NLRB stresses that policies should not be so sweeping that they prohibit the kinds of activity protected by federal labor law, such as the discussion of wages or working conditions among employees.
“We’re living minute to minute,” Indiana AFL-CIO Communications Director Jeff Smith reported Monday night from Indianapolis. Some 10,000 union members were at the State Capitol to protest proposed right-to-work (RTW) legislation, as Democratic legislators huddled to find a new strategy for blocking its passage. Democrats have been forthright in their opposition. As Sen. Senate Minority Leader Vi Simpson stated: "Right to work is nothing more than a race to the bottom for the middle class of Indiana, and that, my friends, is not a race I care to win."
“We’re living minute to minute,” Indiana AFL-CIO Communications Director Jeff Smith reported Monday night from Indianapolis. Some 10,000 union members were at the State Capitol to protest proposed right-to-work (RTW) legislation, as Democratic legislators huddled to find a new strategy for blocking its passage. Democrats have been forthright in their opposition. As Sen. Senate Minority Leader Vi Simpson