Labor
5,000 join union-led march against corporate greed
June 15, 2011As the nation's top CEOs held a June 14 summit in Chicago, 5,000 angry demonstrators outside chanted, "You got bailed out, we got sold out!"
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Attacks on NLRB are attacks on working families
June 15, 2011Why have Republicans and tea partiers gotten so riled up about the NLRB? Answer: Because it's doing its job.
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Shop Talk: Organizing at Apple, winning bronze shoe
June 13, 2011Apple workers are talking union, Wisconsin workers won a bronze shoe - and more.
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Texas AFL-CIO meet was bright spot in dark sky
June 13, 2011Labor leaders in Texas came together to renew the call for jobs, livable wages, human services and democratic reforms for state workers and workers across the nation.
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Labor board: Employers must prove hardship claims
June 13, 2011The top enforcement official of the National Labor Relations Board is telling his regional officers to look at employers' "inability to pay" claims and at specific union demands for financial data, simultaneously.
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