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GRANTING EMPLOYEES THE RIGHT TO WALK AWAY: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME?

By Dmitri Iglitzin
February 5, 2009

People who live near Niagara Falls are said to become so used to the sound of roaring water that they literally don’t even hear it. A similar phenomenon appears to have taken place regarding one little-known facet of the American workplace, so-called “captive audience meetings,” where employees are forced to listen to their employer’s anti-union speech. more »

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Left Behind: Employees of Small Employers and the Right to Unionize

By Dmitri Iglitzin
January 18, 2009

Non-unionized musicians at a small Seattle-area symphony orchestra, the Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), have grown deeply dissatisfied with the way management treats them. more »

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51% favor trading only with countries where workers can organize.

Source
Fortune magazine poll, January 14-16 2008. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/electionpoll/2008/pollresults.html