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Officials use budget woes to attack public unions

January 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

State officials around the country are using state and local budget woes as a smokescreen for campaigns against public unions.

U.S. union leader jailed in Mexico for supporting Sonora miners

January 27, 2011 By John Wojcik

The United Steelworkers has condemned the Jan. 24 arrest of Manny Armenta, one of its international representatives, by customs officials in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.

California’s paid family-leave a success

January 27, 2011

California's landmark Paid Family Leave (PFL) program has produced substantial "economic, social, and health" gains for workers and their families.

Labor supports president’s vision but warns of challenges

January 26, 2011 By John Wojcik

The labor movement is reacting positively to the vision of the future put forward by President Obama in his State of the Union speech.

Shop Talk: saving jobs, preventing disasters and more

January 22, 2011 By John Wojcik

Not paid at all for three pay periods, 3,750 jobs saved at Kansas City plant, Union credited with saving 700 jobs in Indiana, He wants working families to pay, Coal mine disaster 'preventable'