Labor
Security and cleaning workers demand justice from banks
June 16, 2009On International Justice Day, June 15, thousands of security and cleaning workers around the world will call on Allied Irish Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and others to sign a responsible contractor...
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Labor Dept. funds training programs to fight youth joblessness
June 16, 2009With youth unemployment soaring to over 20 percent, the Department of Labor has announced awards to 183 community groups that help out-of-school youth earn their high school diplomas and get training in the construction industry. Labor...
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Boston Globe, union to meet on 23 percent pay cut
June 16, 2009The Boston Newspaper Guild will meet with managers at The Boston Globe and the National Labor Relations Board this week as it tries to block a 23 percent pay cut imposed by the newspaper’s parent company....
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Retraining for what? Auto ripple effect hits hospitals … and jobs
June 16, 2009DETROIT — “Hospitals brace for next hit” ran the headline in last week’s Detroit Free Press. The article cites soaring patient debt and free care for the uninsured as reasons for hospitals losing money.
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FedEx blocking bill that would improve its workers’ labor rights
June 14, 2009Original source: FedEx is attempting to block a bill in Congress that will reclassify some of its workers under jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) rather than the Railway Labor Act (RLA). Most private...
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