Economics & Inequality Retirement Security Education Health Care Homeland Security Election Reform Media & Politics International Affairs TCF Project Sites: Donate to TCF Join our Listserv  Taking Note Home About TCF News Room Join our Listserv Labor Organizing as a Civil Right     Email    Printer-Friendly Richard D. Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation, 4/1/2004 Read the Brief The political dilemma is that, so long as the right to organize is treated as an issue of raw interests rather than moral values—as part of labor law rather than civil rights law—reform is unlikely to occur. To better protect workers trying to organize a labor union, the nation’s civil rights laws should be amended to punish seriously firms who fire employees for organizing activity. Edition: Online    Pages: 7    Copyright 2010 The Century Foundation. Privacy Policy NY Office: 41 East 70th Street—New York, New York—10021—Phone:212-535-4441—212-879-9197 DC Office: 1333 H Street, NW—10th Floor— Washington, D.C. 20005— Phone: 202-387-0400— Fax: 202-483-9430