Labor
Teachers celebrate union milestone: 1.5 million members
July 11, 2010SEATTLE-Delegates to the American Federation of Teachers 81st biennial convention here danced in the aisles July 9 celebrating their union surpassing 1.5 million members including almost 70,000 new members organized in the past year.
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Laundry workers tired of dirty treatment
July 9, 2010CLEVELAND - Workers rallied at Sodexo Laundry here July 8, saying they were tired of low pay and unsafe, demeaning working conditions, and want a union.
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Deficit hawks take aim at Postal Service
July 9, 2010The Postal Service says expected deficits are the reason it wants to close neighborhood post offices, eliminate Saturday service and lay off more employees, but the union calls it a "phony crisis."
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Teachers union endorses Oct. 2 One Nation jobs march
July 9, 2010SEATTLE — Delegates to the American Federation of Teachers 81th Convention here applauded as AFT President Randi Weingarten urged them to mobilize for an October 2 jobs march on Washington, D.C.
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Farmworkers to Colbert Nation: “Take our jobs”
July 8, 2010United Farm Worker union president takes the immigration issue to Stephen Colbert with a "Take Our Jobs" campaign.
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