Labor
Voters have stark choice this November, AFT’s Weingarten says
March 14, 2012The AFT, like a number of other unions, had already endorsed President Barack Obama before this meeting.
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Proposed rules would allow home care workers minimum wage, overtime
March 13, 2012Labor-backed Interfaith Worker Justice is mobilizing support for home health care workers.
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Unions endorse Obama, gear up for fight vs. 1%
March 13, 2012Podhorzer said that by the end of today the AFL-CIO would be kicking off its 2012 election effort by issuing an official endorsement of President Obama's bid for re-election.
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UFCW: D.C.-Baltimore chains going nuclear vs. workers
March 12, 2012The Washington-Baltimore area's two biggest grocery chains, Giant and Safeway, are "going nuclear" in their war against their combined 30,000 workers.
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IBEW members to install electric car charging stations
March 12, 2012Electrical Workers Local 1 and the St. Louis chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association have launched the first electrical car training program in Missouri.
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