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“It’s time to turn back the assault on workers and the middle class. These new NLRB guidelines – while relatively moderate – will go a long way in restoring fairness and equity to the fundamental democratic process of forming a union, a process that today is under siege in this country.”
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Introduce legislation to prevent discrimination against unemployed workers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Hank Johnson (GA-4) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today introduced the Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011, which would prohibit employers and employment agencies from discriminating against unemployed job-seekers by refusing to consider them for employment.
Congressman Johnson fights to save federal funding to keep police on streets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, stood by members of law enforcement organizations today to oppose the proposed elimination of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) 
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La carta del congresista Johnson a Obama firmada por 24 colegas: "La violencia contra los trabajadores colombianos, activistas y defensores de los derechos humanos y laborales deben parar '
Congressman Johnson’s letter to Mr. Obama signed by 24 colleagues: ‘Violence against Colombian workers, activists and advocates of human and labor rights must stop’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the House Ways and Means Committee held a “mock” mark-up of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) sent a letter today to President Barack Obama stating his opposition to the FTA and urging him to provide stronger labor and human rights protections for Colombian workers – particularly for the rights of Colombia’s African descendants.