U.S. violates worker rights: world labor body

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL0963879920080609

Mon Jun 9, 2008 12:58pm EDT

By Robert Evans

GENEVA (Reuters) - The global labor union grouping (ITUC) accused the United States on Monday of violating a wide range of workers' rights and allowing the existence of a "huge union-busting industry".

In a report sent to Geneva from its Brussels headquarters the International Trade Union Confederation said many U.S. workers were denied the right to organize into unions while child labor was not effectively tackled.

"The U.S. administration, rather than leading the way on the protection of working people and on decent pay and conditions, has been intent on denying the freedom to join a union and bargain collectively to millions of workers," the ITUC said.

"This hurts America's working people and has a negative impact on workers' rights in other countries as well," said the grouping's General Secretary Guy Ryder.

The ITUC was created two years ago out of the merger of two other worldwide labor groupings which emerged in the 1950s to resist communist control of the international labor movement. Key U.S. members include the AFL-CIO.


FULL story at link.

[midnight]

1. Is it illegal to make someone work over time, and then make

them sign a contract saying that they will not be paid the overtime for 6 months?

[Omaha Steve]

3. Yes it is

ALL pay is to be paid on the employers regular schedule as per the US Labor Dept. I know of no state that says otherwise.

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

2. This is one of THE biggest issues today

Ever since 1981 the White House has ignored the RIGHT TO FORM A UNION with impunity, allowing the union-busters to operate freely. Labor grievances are blatantly ignored and for those that do get settled, the penalties on offending parties are way too lenient.

If employers and consultants involved in union-busting faced a real threat of jail time, I'm pretty sure the anti-union climate would thin up quite a bit.