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ImmigrationProf Blog
Chamber of Commerce and SEIU Oppose Sensenbrenner Bill
Congress should approve changes in immigration law to give illegal immigrants a better path toward legal status, business, labor and religious groups said earlier this monthRepresentatives of a coalition of…
Labor Law Prof Blog
The History of Cooperation Between Unions and Environmentalists
Sierra Club President Carl Pope wrote in the San Franscisco Chronicle last week on the occasion of International Human Rights Day (which was last Saturday):Historically, environmentalists and union members worked…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Taking It to the Street
At least that is what the SEIU Union is doing to get new ideas for common sense ideas to the nation's most pressing problems. Check out this Los Angeles Times…
Labor Law Prof Blog
SEIU Contest
The SEIU yesterday launched a contest calling upon ordinary Americans to suggest "common sense ideas that improve the day-to-day lives of working families." The person with the best idea will…
Labor Law Prof Blog
SEIU and Teamsters Leave AFL-CIO
Steven Greenhouse (New York Times) writes about the clash of ambitions behind the most significant labor event in over 20 years.Thanks to Joe Hodnicki, editor of Law Librarian Blog, for…
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First step towards breakup?
LA Times reports that the leader of UNITE Here, the Service Employees International Union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers and the Laborers' International Union…
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Labor in Vegas
Some reports about what's happening this week at the AFL-CIO Executive Committee Meeting.The NYT and the Chicago Tribune report on the failed attempt by some labor leaders to shift more…
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AFL-CIO’s Future
Steven Greenhouse, (The New York Times) reports on some of the issues likely to confront delegates to the AFL-CIO convention in early March (Union Support Plan to Cut AFL-CIO Contributions). …
Labor Law Prof Blog
SEIU New Blog
The SEIU (Service Employees International Union) has taken several immediate steps to address "the new challenges for working people" created by the reelection of President Bush. First, the SEIU has…