Republican Senate leaders are so frightened that a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) might actually have an open mind about workers’ rights, that in two purely partisan maneuvers, they’ve blocked a majority vote on one of President Obama’s nominees for an NLRB seat. Read More>>

Earlier this week, we noted a new study that predicts health insurance premiums will jump between 10 percent and 11 percent this year. Now a new government report says health care costs last year took the biggest bite ever out of the nation’s economy. Read More>>

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says workers face increasing obstacles when they try to form unions and “we need to restore their freedom to do so.” In testimony before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee today, Solis looked back at the department’s actions in 2009 and forward to its 2010 agenda. Read More>>

On TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, AT 3PM, Our UFCW5 brothers and sisters will holding a rally in front of Salinas City Hall (200 Lincoln Avenue) to let the City Council and our community know that we will NOT stand idly and let Wal-Mart steal our jobs like a thief in the night. Wal-Mart’s plans for 2 supercenters with over 60,000 sq.ft. of food and grocery items are now prepared and sitting in the City’s Planning Dept. awaiting the RUBBER STAMP of the Mayor and Wal-Mart’s CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTERS........