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"Microsoft on Thursday announced a new strategy for dealing with organized labor..." reports the Washington Post (in a story republished on MSN.com): In a blog post shared with The Washington Post, Microsoft President Brad Smith wrote that the company will respect workers rights to unionize and p...

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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Officials said the task force remains committed to “ensuring that all communities, especially the historically underserved, have access to affordable, reliable, high-quality advanced communications services.”  The post The Leadership Conference Pushes FCC to Eliminate Digital Discrimination first appeared on BlackPressUSA.

Microsoft’s statement comes against the backdrop of a swell of labor organization in the U.S., including tech industries and companies.

Workers were protesting the planned closure of the delivery facility and the resulting loss of pay, increased expenses, disruption of established work schedules and uncertain future employment.

The Communications Workers of America has filed the complaint with the National Labor Relations Board..

With the Democratic primary on Tuesday, U.S. House Majority Whip Clyburn headlined a GOTV rally for U.S. Rep. Payne in Newark yesterday.

Microsoft Corp. said it will work with labor groups when workers wish to join them, a preemptive stance ahead of its acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc., home of the first labor union in the gaming industry.

Apple (AAPL), hoping to stave off unionization efforts at its retail stores, has agreed to make its work schedule for retail employees more flexible, Bloomberg reported. The news...

On May 27, Bloomberg said that Communications Workers of America (CWA), a labor group organizing Apple retail staff at an Atlanta, Georgia, retail store has withdrawn their request for an election because Apple is using illegal union-busting tactics. However, AppleTogether, a group of Apple employee