Labor
Labor steps up efforts to prevent GOP takeover
October 19, 2010Pollsters are now beginning to predict a better election night for Democrats than they were expecting up until now, with the unprecedented campaign the labor movement has mounted getting much of the credit.
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Hilton Hotel workers walk out in three cities
October 18, 2010Hotel workers strike Hilton to protest increasing work loads at the same time the Hilton's owners are receiving $180 million in federal bailout funds.
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Teamster rack up four organizing wins
October 18, 2010The Teamsters racked up four organizing wins in late September and early October, including the first-ever union win under new voting rules.
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Labor intensifies outreach to Y generation
October 15, 2010The AFL-CIO is stepping up a program it hopes will eventually bring the Y generation into the labor movement.
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Wall Street Journal warns labor could stop GOP in its tracks
October 13, 2010Evidence that all the media hype about a coming GOP victory in the mid-term elections may be totally off base surfaced Oct. 12 in a warning to the ruling class from the Wall Street Journal.
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