Labor
Union discord is exception rather than rule
March 31, 2009Some good news came recently under the category of labor unity. The Service Employees and the California Nurses Association have ended a yearlong jurisdictional dispute, agreeing to work together to unionize hospital workers and push for...
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Millions of auto jobs hang on governments GM, Chrysler decision
March 31, 2009Reposted 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
March 29, 2009The 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
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
March 27, 2009Eleazar 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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