Labor
Teacher union organizes three charter schools, an area-wide first
April 7, 2009CHICAGO -- In a historic step, an overwhelming majority of teachers at three area charter school campuses, joined by parents and community leaders, filed authorization cards April 3 with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board to...
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Picketers tell Bank of America, We want free choice
April 7, 2009CHICAGO -- Labor activists and Logan Square residents picketed the local branch of Bank of America, April 4, to draw attention to the bank's brazen campaign to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Chanting “Shame...
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AT&T workers warn about possible strike
April 4, 2009OAKLAND, Calif. -- With most of their contracts expiring at midnight April 4, AT&T landline workers have been holding informational pickets around the country to emphasize they are serious about the strike authorization they passed by...
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Taking the boss hostage and other workers stories
April 4, 2009When negotiations broke down in France over proposed cuts at a Caterpillar plant in Grenoble, the workers reacted by using what has now become a frequent tactic in that country : They took their bosses hostage....
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Workers call for hotel boycotts
April 4, 2009SAN FRANCISCO -- Their spirited chants could be heard blocks away as workers at the HEI Meridien hotel picketed their workplace April 1, urging a boycott of the facility until the hotel’s management recognizes their right...
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