Labor
15,000 jobless at tele-town hall cause concern for GOP
September 16, 2010Participation by 15,000 unemployed workers, Sept. 14, in Working America's tele-town hall on the November elections has Republican candidates nervous.
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Workers in New England rustbelt fight to keep plant open
September 16, 2010A group of workers in New England's economic rustbelt are battling an aerospace giant to preserve their livelihoods.
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Laundry workers expose Cleveland’s own “sweat” shop
September 15, 2010Think about working in temperatures, upwards of 100 degrees on hot days. Finding used hypodermic needles, human body parts, fluids and excrement, umbilical cords and other biohazard material. No safety harnesses for workers climbing over 10...
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U.S. unions, Canadian energy sign pact on transnational pipeline
September 14, 2010Four U.S. construction unions signed a Project Labor Agreement on Sept. 14 with a large Canadian energy company, to build a big trans-national oil pipeline from the oil sands of Alberta to the refineries of Texas'...
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European unions set to march for “Robin Hood taxes”
September 14, 2010Next in the "rising tide of world labor protest" file comes the September 29 labor actions in Europe.
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