Labor
Picket line fun in the sun
August 16, 2008Jugglers, a stilt-walker, kids’ games and bright summer gear livened the scene Aug. 14 as dozens of labor activists picketed the Woodfin Suites Hotel in Emeryville, Calif. The carnival-themed demonstration organized by the East Bay Alliance...
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Bush Admin. rushes to issue secret rule on worker health risks
August 10, 2008In a last minute action, political operatives at the US Department of Labor are rushing to lock in new requirements that would make it harder for the next administration to develop and issue protective workplace health...
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Labor Department’s secret OSHA rule
August 10, 2008AFL-CIO Executive Council statement, August 05, 2008 CHICAGO – For nearly eight years, the Bush administration has failed to protect the health and safety of America's workers. Within weeks of taking office in 2001, President Bush...
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3 million volunteers, unionists included
August 8, 2008CHICAGO (PAI)--Imagine mobilizing one of every 100 Americans, a population equal to that of the entire city of Chicago, and putting them out on the campaign trail. That’s what Barack Obama’s presidential campaign seeks to do....
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Council elects three replacement members
August 8, 2008CHICAGO (PAI)--The AFL-CIO Executive Council elected three new members on August 5, slightly expanding its female membership while seeing the number of African-Americans decline by one. Named to the council were new American Federation of Teachers...
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