Labor Day: fair deal call for US workers

Publié: 1 Septembre 2008
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UNI global union’s Philip Jennings has made a TV Labor Day appeal for a fair deal for US workers.

His call comes as the share of national wealth won by workers in the United States has been squeezed, as the super-rich get even richer.

And at a time when powerful forces are resisting moves - backed by US unions and many politicians – to give US workers a fairer road to winning union recognition.

The Employee Free Choice Act would speed up recognition processes and head off a lot of the union busting and collective bargaining delays that go on under feeble, existing laws.

“We have a real serious problem in terms of the quality of life for American workers, the way they are treated at work and the way the political establishment in these Bush years has treated them,” Philip told one of CNBC’s star presenters Maria Bartiromo. “They are not getting a fair deal and it’s time to change it.”



Watch video here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=836281536&play=1#