Labor
Teachers’ union leader scores administration for backing mass firings
March 2, 2010As top union leaders met yesterday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, criticized the Obama administration for backing mass teacher firings in Rhode Island.
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Unions push to save jobs in Florida and across the nation
March 2, 2010Union leaders decry "job destruction program," as workers, unions, small business owners and community activists fight to save 23,000 Florida jobs at NASA and beyond.
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Solidarity with Rio Tinto miners: ‘From the Docks to the Desert’
March 1, 2010Trucks loaded with $30,000 worth of food, followed by a 150-car convoy, converged on the Rio Tinto Borax mine and plant in Boron, Calif., in solidarity with locked out miners.
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Labor moves to dump Arkansas senator
March 1, 2010The AFL-CIO will reportedly put "everything we've got" into a primary election challenge against Sen. Blanche Lincoln, a Blue Dog Democrat described as "just terrible for working people."
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‘We will not be denied,’ top labor leader says
March 1, 2010As nation's labor leaders meet, AFL-CIO's Arlene Holt Baker says, "We will not lower our expectations, because the American people are not lowering theirs."
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