Workers Unite As NH House Kills Two Anti-Worker Bills
Yesterday was a big day in the NH House for NH workers. Since the session began I have been watching a number of bills and their progress through the Legislature. The first bill is SB 100 (NHLN post)....
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NH Congresswoman Pushes For National Law Against Being Forced To Divulge...
Earlier this year the NH Labor News talked about a proposed legislation being pushed in the NH House that would bar employers from prospective employees from being forced to give their social media...
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California Looks To Close A Loophole That Will Hit Corporations Where It...
Millions of Americans are what are commonly referred to as the working poor. These are workers who have jobs, yet do not make enough to get off government assistance programs. Many corporations pay...
View Article6-3-13: AFT NH Legislative Update by President Laura Hainey
STATE BUDGET UPDATE The Senate Finance committee has finished their work and with a vote of 4 to 2 recommended passage of their proposed budget. As with any budget there are good and bad provisions...
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What Will The NH Senate Do About Medicaid Expansion???
New Hampshire is at what is unfortunately shaping up to be an ideological crossroad. Do we as a state expand Medicaid or not. Both the left and the right agree that expanding Medicaid would help tens...
View ArticleBrace Yourself This May Hurt: NH Senate Moved Forward With Job Killing Budget
Yesterday labor leaders from throughout New Hampshire stood in the Legislative Office Building urging NH Senators to restore the proposed cuts to the NH Budget. Well as you have probably already heard...
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Right Wingers Attack Senator Shaheen Over The ACA
With nearly a year and a half to go until the next major election, the mud is already flying. This week, Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire went on the offensive against Senator Jeanne Shaheen....
View ArticleNH Senate Play Parliamentary Politics With Your Paycheck
Last week we reported on how the NH House killed two bills (SB 100, SB 153) that were directly targeted at the NH Public Workers. In a sneaky parliamentary trick the Senate added both these bills as...
View ArticleSenator Ayotte’s Immigration Plan Is Bad For Immigrants And Bad For American...
After the 2012 election of President Obama, the Republican Party realized that they scored very poorly with Latino voters. This could be why the GOP is pushing as hard as it can for immigration...
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The H-1B Worker Program Is Creating Modern Day Indentured Servants
This week the US Senate has started to debate immigration reform. This bill is large and very controversial. Everyone seems to agree, including me, that we need to create a real pathway to...
View ArticleWith This Decision I Thee Wed: Labor Celebrates The Death Of DOMA
Discrimination comes in many forms. Some are discriminated based on their skin color, others are discriminated on the basis of their sex. We all agree that discrimination is wrong. Today our nation...
View ArticleAFSC Says Senate Immigration Bill Much Less Than Meets the Eye
Bill’s narrow path to citizenship still sustains human rights hardships CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) finds the Senate immigration bill passed today “offers...
View ArticleHillsboro-Deering School Board Found To Be Negotiating In “Bad Faith”
Contract negotiations is a delicate art form. There is always a little pushing and pulling from both sides. Good negotiators can get what they want without giving up too much. When negotiating...
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25,000+ Workers Just Received a Substantial Raise
More than 25,000 “guest” workers just received substantial raises, thanks to a new method of calculating prevailing wages. Under federal law, employers who import temporary workers from other...
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GOP’s “War on the Poor” Interrupted By House Infighting
Politicians on the right commonly demonize the working poor. They are always trying to make cuts to social programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as “Food...
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House Democrats Blast Senate GOP Leader for Blocking NLRB Nominees
Looks to me like it was unanimous. Earlier this week, 201 House Democrats sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, expressing their “serious concern” about his position on nominations...
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Is it about Right To Work? No, it’s about profit margins.
Boeing’s Dreamliner was in the news again last week: one plane caught fire at Heathrow Airport; and a second experienced a "technical issue” and returned to its originating airport. When I heard that...
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Guest Editorial: Claremont Public Workers Deserve Better
NHLN Editors Note: Below is an editorial sent in from Frances Parker. I read with both amusement and indignation the article last week relative to some city employees getting raises, while city police...
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Editorial: Would we be having this conversation if Travyon ‘Stood His Ground’?
NLHN Editor's Note: For many years the labor community has been standing arm in arm with members of the civil rights community. We have been there to fight against racial discrimination. We have been...
View ArticleA BETTER BARGAIN: Rebuilding A Strong Middle Class
Did you miss President Obama's speech yesterday? After watching it, I felt the way I did when I first voted for him. He remind everyone of how far we have come since he first took office. "Together,...
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