Blog: April 2009

Employee Free Choice Act: In the Best Interest of Businesses

April 3, 2009

While many businesses and corporations are busy waging anti-EFCA campaigns, it is important to recognize the businesses that are standing up for workers rights and supporting EFCA.  Over the last few weeks I’ve spent time talking with business owners that are featured in the Shop with a Conscience Consumer Guide about whether or not they support the Employee Free Choice Act.

Update from the Philippines

April 1, 2009

Even though the Philippine government did not meet any of the human or labor rights conditions required for aid in 2008, the US Department of State provided the Philippines with the full military aid allocation for 2009. As a result of this poor decision, ILRF mobilized hundreds of prominent labor, faith and human rights organizations to call for stricter human rights conditions on US military aid to the Philippines through a sign-on letter distributed widely to US Congressional offices in February. Click here to check out the letter.

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