Labor
Labor returns to Memphis for Martin Luther King Day events
January 12, 2008MEMPHIS, Tenn. (PAI)--The labor movement will return to Memphis, Tenn., site of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination as he was supporting striking African-American sanitation workers, for its 40th anniversary commemoration of the great civil rights leader’s...
Read moreEmergency Rail Board proposes settlement between unions and Amtrak
January 12, 2008WASHINGTON (PAI)--A three-person Presidential Emergency Board, named by GOPer George W. Bush, has proposed a settlement of the eight year dispute between Amtrak and the nine unions representing its 6,000 non-operations workers, leaders of the union...
Read moreCalifornia Nurses Association Launches Drive for ‘Cheney Care’
January 12, 2008OAKLAND, California (PAI)-- First, 15 years ago, there was “Hillary Care.” Now there’s “Cheney Care.” But there’s a big difference between the two - and a big difference in the health care they provide. “Hillary Care”...
Read moreAnother Unionist In Minnesota Legislature Gives Dems Super-Majority vs. GOP Gov.
January 12, 2008NORTHFIELD, Minn. (PAI)--Add another unionist to the large ranks of them in the Minnesota legislature. And the election of Democrat Kevin Dahle to a state senate seat from Northfield is special: It shifted the balance of...
Read moreCalifornia labor seeks worker-friendly Congress
January 11, 2008As early presidential primary results highlight voters’ demands for change, a drive is taking shape to further weaken Republican power in Congress. Among leaders of that movement is the AFL-CIO, which plans to put even more...
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