Labor

                
  • Millions of auto jobs hang on governments GM, Chrysler decision

    Millions of auto jobs hang on governments GM, Chrysler decision

    March 31, 2009

    Reposted from www.laborradio.org As millions of workers whose jobs depend on them anxiously await government action this week on more loans for GM and Chrysler, President Obama is expected to announce that more money will flow...

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  • 10,000 flight attendants at Southwest voting on new contract

    10,000 flight attendants at Southwest voting on new contract

    March 29, 2009

    The nearly 10,000 flight attendants at Southwest Airlines—members of Transportation Workers (TWU) Local 556—are voting on a new four-year agreement that includes a number of improvements, including pay raises.

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  • Iraqi teachers union under attack

    Iraqi teachers union under attack

    March 28, 2009

    (UnionBook) The Iraqi Teachers Union is facing extreme attack from the Iraqi government. The Iraqi government has appointed an official body and granted it the authority to take over the union. This government body demanded that...

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  • Cintas: Trying to have its cake and eat it too

    Cintas: Trying to have its cake and eat it too

    March 27, 2009

    Eleazar Torres-Gomez is dead. On March 6, 2007, working alone in an industrial laundry facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma owned by major uniform and laundry service corporation, Cintas, Torres-Gomez was caught in a massive industrial laundry machine...

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  • Unions to G20: Half measures wont fix broken global economy

    Unions to G20: Half measures wont fix broken global economy

    March 27, 2009

    BRUSSELS, Belgium — In a worldwide push for action by G20 governments to pull the global economy out of recession and chart a new course for job creation, financial regulation and global governance, trade unions across...

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