Labor
Veterans keep up the pressure for Employee Free Choice
May 14, 2009Montana military veterans visited Senate offices in Missoula, Billings and Great Falls over the past week, encouraging Sen. Jon Tester to support the Employee Free Choice Act, a critical bill to restore the freedom to form...
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Hartmarx workers vote to sit in if Wells Fargo closes their factory
May 13, 2009DES PLAINES, Ill. — Hundreds of union workers packed a lunchroom at the Hart Schaffner & Marx manufacturing plant here May 11 and voted unanimously to stage a sit-in at their factory if a new owner...
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Obama seeking ways to curb repetitive motion injuries
May 13, 2009There once were job safety rules that helped keep down the number of ergonomic injuries. They were killed by President Bush and a GOP-run Congress. Ergonomic injuries, also called musculo-skeletal and repetitive-motion injuries are by far...
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Fiat plans mass sackings and plant closures throughout Europe
May 13, 2009Last week, the Italian car company Fiat presented its plans for taking over General Motors’ German auto division Opel as part of its acquisition of the insolvent Chrysler company. The plan it presented to the German...
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Labor, allies vow Never Again, one year after Postville immigration raid
May 12, 2009POSTVILLE, Ia. — The people of this town will never forget what happened here a year ago, today. At first, there was confusion. There were so many helicopters in the sky and, one by one, they...
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