Labor
Mediation board rejects AFA complaint of Delta interference
November 29, 2011The ruling apparently ends AFA-CWA's third try to organize flight attendants at the "new Delta." The NMB's decision bitterly disappointed AFA.
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Refinery safety tops Steelworkers’ oil bargaining goals
November 29, 2011Vast improvements in oil refinery safety will be the top bargaining goal of the Steelworkers (USW) when they open talks with the nation's oil companies on a new contract, the union announced.
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Verizon is tax deadbeat, report shows
November 23, 2011In the last three years, as it raked in more than $100 billion in revenues and $33 billion in U.S. profits, Verizon has been a tax deadbeat.
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Trumka, Weingarten blame GOP for “super committee” failure
November 23, 2011AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and AFT President Randi Weingarten, blamed the flop on GOP refusal to abandon tax cuts for the rich.
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Structural crisis exposes neoliberalism as disaster
November 23, 2011It would be wrong to simply characterize this global economic crisis as only cyclical in nature.
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