Labor
Steelworkers: Recent government moves helping on jobs
December 9, 2011According to Steelworkers President Leo Gerard, the ruling extending import curbs on steel plate from Korea, India and Indonesia will save U.S. jobs.
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Union rallies in New York call for jobs
December 9, 2011Jobs, justice and voting rights were the focus of two mass rallies in New York City.
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Unions hit latest plans for postal cuts
December 8, 2011The nation's postal unions protested cutback plans that would close hundreds of distribution centers and lengthen delivery times.
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Transport union defends members in airline bankruptcy
December 5, 2011The Transport Workers "will do everything possible" to vigorously protect 23,400 members who work for American Airlines and its American Eagle subsidiary as the carrier goes through bankruptcy, officials say.
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U.S. nurses backed general strike in U.K.
December 5, 2011The National Nurses Union led a coalition of U.S. unions that demonstrated in six cities on Nov. 30 to back British public workers, who staged a one-day strike.
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