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Unions scramble to protect pensions in Hostess bankruptcy

January 17, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The Bakery Workers, the Teamsters, and other unions representing Hostess Foods employees scrambled to protect their members as the snack food company filed for bankruptcy on Jan. 1.

Workers file for union recognition at Aer Lingus

January 17, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

AFA-CWA filed on Jan. 6 with the National Mediation Board for a recognition election among the 53 U.S.-based flight attendants of Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline.

Mich. labor gets ready to rumble over GOP’s right-to-work plans

January 13, 2012 By Marty Mulcahy

"Any right-to-work effort in Michigan is going to be met with the fiercest opposition organized labor has ever brought against a single issue," said a building trades leader.

All eyes on 2012 elections at AFL-CIO King holiday observance

January 13, 2012 By John Rummel

"It's a new day, a new labor movement," and "victory can come to the 99 percent if we stand united," said AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker.

Steelworkers: Refinery closings could cause oil shortages in Northeast

January 13, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The union says oil companies' closure of three big refineries in the Philadelphia area - and a plan to demolish one plant if its owner can't find a buyer - could lead to oil shortages in...