Labor
Labor steps up 2010 grassroots election push
July 20, 2010Union officials with the nation's largest labor group, the AFL-CIO, which represents about 11 million workers, say they plan to step up the pressure as the midterm 2010 election cycle approaches.
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Extension of aid to jobless should pass Senate Tuesday
July 19, 2010Democrats are expected to have the 60 votes needed to cut off a GOP filibuster against extension of unemployment benefits.
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Dallas sanitation workers fight for a living wage
July 19, 2010Civil rights activists gathered in the historic Mt Olive Lutheran Church on the morning of July 17 to help the United Laborers Union Local 100 gain support for sanitation workers
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Congressional hearing held on Delphi pension issues
July 19, 2010"Ohio is losing $58 million a year because our pensions were cut," stated Bruce Gump, president of the Delphi Salaried Retirees Committee, in testimony at a hearing of the Congressional Finances Committee in Canfield, Ohio, July...
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Hotel workers training for civil disobedience in 15 cities
July 16, 2010More than 1,000 cooks, dishwashers and housekeepers are training to carry out nonviolent civil disobedience on July 22 at Hyatt hotels in 15 cities across the nation.
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