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Union vote may end battle with Boeing

December 2, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The long and bitter battle over Boeing's retaliation against the Machinists may end with a vote.

New York City Opera contract talks in crisis

December 2, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

New York City Opera, one of the city's cultural treasures, stood at a crossroads this week, after contract talks broke down Nov. 30 between management and its two main unions.

Minor league baseball umpires agree on new labor deal

December 2, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Minor League umpires are ready to play ball after its more than 200 members voted to approve a new labor agreement with Minor League Baseball.

Right wing push to destroy labor board comes to a head

December 1, 2011 By John Wojcik

A right-wing scheme to incapacitate the National Labor Relations Board was derailed in the nation's capital this week.

UK general strike gets U.S. solidarity (with video)

December 1, 2011 By Scott Marshall

Here in the U.S., hundreds of union members and Occupy activists picketed the British Embassy in Washington and British consulates elsewhere.