Labor
GM to make deep cuts, Chrysler and UAW cut deal
April 28, 2009General Motors announced, April 27, plans to shut down plants, lay off workers, cut the number of its dealerships in half and eliminate its Pontiac division to meet government insistence that it fundamentally “restructure.” The announcement...
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Busloads of Texas CWA members head to Dallas for AT&T meet
April 28, 2009Hundreds of CWA members from all over District 6, and some from even further away, are making the trek to Dallas by bus and van, to arrive Friday May 1st, for AT&T's annual shareholder meeting. Members...
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Congress to hold safety hearings on Workers Memorial Day
April 28, 2009WASHINGTON - (PAI) Just over two years ago, in one of the most horrific individual industrial accidents in recent memory, Eleazar Torres Gomez was sucked into a 300-degree industrial dryer at a Cintas laundry plant in...
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Workers skimp on health care while greedy millionaires fight real reform
April 27, 2009Original source: Here’s the latest example of how far corporations will go to stop real health care reform. Rick Scott, a multimillionaire, is putting $5 million of his own fortune into an ad campaign against President...
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Union activist appointed to Labor Department
April 27, 2009WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has appointed a key union activist as senior adviser to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, another sign of the influence that organized labor wields in the Obama administration. Mary Beth Maxwell...
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