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Going Global Summit

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:31:13 -0800

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney: "Until we are able to restore basic workers' rights in United States, worldwide attack on workers' rights will not be stopped."

Going Global Summit

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:33:01 -0800

LeRoy Trotman, Barbados Workers Union, on the relationship between bargaining and human dignity.

Going Global Summit

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:34:59 -0800

Sharan Burrow, president, ITUC, calls the Summit a New Internationalism based on fighting the oppression of working people by the commodification of labor.

Going Global Summit

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:35:52 -0800

Anita Normark,Building and Woodworkers International: "We need to shift the balance of powers in favor of our workers."

Going Global Summit

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:36:42 -0800

Fred Van Leeuwen, chairman, Council for Global Unions: "As never before, we must link global action with local action."

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:23:47 -0800

ORIT General Secretary Victor Baez links the assault on workers in the United States to increased labor exploitation in South and Latin America.

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:23:18 -0800

Noorlaila Aslah, Chairwoman of the Women¿s Committee of the Malaysian Trade Union Congress, talks about the need to organize more women workers.

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:24:19 -0800

European Trade Union Confederation General Secretary John Monks says it's time to make advances in organizing.

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:24:37 -0800

South African Transport and Allied Workers Union General Secretary Randall Howard: "Power to the workers!"

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:24:53 -0800

ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder says working people around the world deserve to have their "fundamental rights at work respected."

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:25:07 -0800

Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.): When workers have a say over conditions in the workplace, it¿s good for the country.

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:25:22 -0800

Leadership Council on Civil Rights President Wade Henderson says protecting workers¿ rights is a civil rights issue.

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:26:04 -0800

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney discusses the benefits of belonging to a union.

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:25:36 -0800

Kelly Beringer, a nurse at Resurrection Health Care describes the obstacles to forming a union as "death by a thousand cuts."

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:25:49 -0800

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) acknowledges the debt the world owes to the global union movement.

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:26:22 -0800

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka: "Our system is broken and sorely needs to be fixed."

Workers' Rights Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:26:48 -0800

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) explains the value of collective bargaining for all Americans.

Workers Rights' Congressional Forum

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:27:08 -0800

AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker tells the global union movement ¿we have much to learn from you.¿

Workers' Rights Press Conference

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:02:23 -0800

CWA President Larry Cohen asks every elected official, "Where do you stand?"

Workers' Rights Press Conference

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:58:01 -0800

Dr. John Logan, Lecturer at the London School of Economics, reports the obstacles to forming a union are greater in the U.S. than in any other developed country.

Workers' Rights Press Conference

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:51:51 -0800

ITUC President Sharan Burrow tells workers trying to form a union to "stand tall."

Workers' Rights Press Conference

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:26:58 -0800

John Lindner and his co-workers at Verizon Business want to form a union to ensure economic security for their families.