Proposed job site poster stirs labor pot

Published: August 5, 2009
Tags: Add new tag, Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., National Labor Relations Board, nonunion, organizing, poster, union, worker rights
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Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com

A proposed federal rule requiring job site posters that outline a worker’s right to join a union will have little effect if nobody reads the signs.
According to the poster written by the Department of Labor, workers have the right to join a union and, when off the clock, to attend rallies or distribute union [...]

Contractor union vote raises call for federal changes

Published: May 11, 2009
Tags: Employee Free Choice Act, Level Five Contracting LLC, National Labor Relations Board, Operating Engineers Local 139, organizing, union
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Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Both sides of a dispute over a union vote at Level Five Contracting LLC argue the fight justifies the need to change federal law.
Yet both sides want different changes.
Operating Engineers Local 139 representatives argue the Level Five dispute proves the Employee Free Choice Act should become law. The attorney who represented Milwaukee-based Level [...]