Labor
Hotel workers overwhelmingly authorize a strike
October 23, 2009With an overwhelming strike authorization vote Oct. 22, workers are ratcheting up the pressure on the city's top hotels to end their stalling, drop demands for takeaways and agree to a fair contract. Many of the...
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Labor: ‘It’s jobs, not the deficit, stupid!’
October 23, 2009"The need for massive job creation should trump fear of large federal budget deficits expressed in opinion polls," declared a top AFL-CIO analyst this week.
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Afraid no more: Domestic workers fight back
October 22, 2009She became the child's nanny when the little girl was 18 months old. For the next seven years she nurtured and guided the girl through all the typical milestones of childhood - growing out of and...
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Support the union label on Halloween
October 22, 2009“When those little ghosts and goblins come collecting on Halloween,” a leading labor journalist declared on Oct. 21, “make sure you have a full supply of union made goodies to hand out.”
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Nurses ready to strike over swine flu safety
October 21, 2009“When nurses are exposed to tuberculosis, the hospital notifies us. When nurses are exposed to head lice, the hospital notifies us. Why then are we not told when we are exposed to H1N1? Staff need to...
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