Labor and Employment Law
In November 2004, the 1.8 million member SEIU, released its plan to reignite the U.S. labor movement and begin a global movement. The plan is called Unite to Win. The Unite to Win plan is a ten point plan to revamp the AFL-CIO into a leaner labor organizing force. The first point, and perhaps the [...]
In light of the attacks to its relevancy and in preparation for the July convention and elections, the AFL-CIO issued its own statement in April and June of 2005, the federation published “Winning for Working Families; Recommendations from the Officers of the AFL-CIO for Uniting and Strengthening the Union Movement” (available online at aflcio.org). Similar [...]
If you are an organization doing business in Illinois, and are involved in any public works projects, or plan to bid on any public works projects, are you aware that in a wide variety of circumstances, the state can mandate that you contract with and hire union employees? More specifically, in 2003, Governor Rod Blagojevich [...]
As a management side labor and employment attorney and human resources (HR) consultant, I have more than 10 years of experience in the field and have been running my own practice for 4 1/2 years. Furthermore, commencing 2005, I have formed an alliance with the Human Resource Store (HR Store), hrstore.com. The HR Store is [...]
