Labor
Obama plan cuts funds for Labor Department next year
February 15, 2011President Barack Obama's proposed spending plan for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 cuts the Department of Labor's budget by $40 billion.
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Airport screeners go union
February 14, 2011AFGE President John Gage happily announced Transportation Security Administration administrator John Pistole's ruling.
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Rite Aid Valentine protest: “Show love for worker’s rights”
February 14, 2011Cleveland staged a protest against Rite Aid's attempt to take away fully paid union health insurance from workers.
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Big business floods Congress with demands to de-regulate
February 11, 2011Corporations officially unveiled loads of pet projects, wish-lists, and regulations they want axed during a hearing held by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The labor movement says it's corporate arm-twisting of lawmakers on the...
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Video: Good Jobs Green Jobs 2011
February 11, 2011This week's Good Jobs Green Jobs conference in Washington DC is the embodiment of a continually developing and powerful coalition in action.
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