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PSN 2011 Workers’ Rights Roundup: States Fight Back Against Unprecedented Attacks on Workers
Aug 18, 2011
This year, conservatives waged a comprehensive, fifty-state campaign against workplace policies that form the very foundation of economic opportunity and the middle class. As the smoke clears on 2011, progressives must make a sober assessment of this assault and its implications for 2012. The... -
Legislation to Protect Unemployed From Job Discrimination Introduced
Aug 04, 2011
Earlier this week, a bill to end employer discrimination against unemployed job seekers was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Blumenthal (D-CT), Brown (D-OH), and Gillibrand (D-NY). The Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011, also introduced last month in the House of Representatives... -
Conservatives Use Union Case to Distract from Jobs Failure
Jul 08, 2011
The national debate over job creation has reached a new low in a labor dispute involving a Boeing airplane manufacturing plant in South Carolina — a debate that is playing out just as reports show conservative state policies have demonstrably failed to create jobs this year and have... -
The Worst of 2011 in the States: 14 Harmful, Dangerous Bills You May Not Have Noticed
Jun 30, 2011
Beginning almost immediately with the gaveling-in of sessions in January, newly empowered conservatives unleashed a torrent of attacks aimed directly at workers, women, children, immigrants, historically disenfranchised populations, and the very existence of the middle class. Coordinated multi-...
