Labor

                
  • Editorial: EFCA fight has just begun

    Editorial: EFCA fight has just begun

    June 29, 2007

    Though the Employee Free Choice Act could not gain the 60 Senate votes needed to end debate June 26 and move to a decision on final passage, its backing by a 51-48 majority contains hope for...

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  • New Mexico labor focuses on 2008 elections

    New Mexico labor focuses on 2008 elections

    June 29, 2007

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the opening remarks by New Mexico AFL-CIO President Christine Trujillo to the speeches of various dignitaries at the state labor federation’s biannual convention here, June 15-16, it’s clear the labor movement is...

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  • Nations first Green Jobs Corps poised for launch

    Nations first Green Jobs Corps poised for launch

    June 22, 2007

    OAKLAND, Calif. — With City Council approval of $250,000 in seed money expected this week, Oakland is poised to launch the nation’s first Green Jobs Corps program to train young people with limited job prospects for...

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  • Sicko energizes health care debate

    Sicko energizes health care debate

    June 22, 2007 By Marilyn Bechtel

    Even before it officially opens in thousands of theaters across the country on June 29, Michael Moore’s latest documentary “Sicko” is already impacting the national health care debate. Over 1,000 nurses and supporters braved sweltering heat...

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  • This strike belongs to all who believe in justice!

    This strike belongs to all who believe in justice!

    June 22, 2007

    CHICAGO — Four years after 150 employees walked off the job at the historic Congress Plaza Hotel to protest cuts in wages and health benefits, workers continue to picket, saying they are holding out for a...

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