Labor

                
  • Kucinich stands with union truck drivers for jobs

    Kucinich stands with union truck drivers for jobs

    February 26, 2008

    CLEVELAND – Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has gotten behind embattled truck drivers and warehouse workers fighting to recover jobs from a union-busting beer distributor. When Superior Beverage took over the delivery contracts in the Cleveland area...

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  • Janitors kick off contract campaign

    Janitors kick off contract campaign

    February 22, 2008

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Janitors represented by Service Employees International Union held coordinated actions around California late last week as they kicked off their campaign to win new union master contracts covering workers in southern and northern...

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  • This Week in Labor: Truckers, airlines, firefighters and union women

    This Week in Labor: Truckers, airlines, firefighters and union women

    February 21, 2008

    Freight workers say yes to union A majority of 150 workers at the UPS Freight (formerly Overnite Transportation) terminals in Cleveland and Toledo, in Ohio and in Bowling Green, Kentucky have signed authorization cards to become...

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  • Texas labor maps plans for 2008 elections

    Texas labor maps plans for 2008 elections

    February 21, 2008

    The Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) met in Austin January 19-20, endorsed candidates and made plans for a big election year. The delegates backed Rick Noriega, a long time Democratic state representative in his...

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  • Writers win some after 14-week strike

    Writers win some after 14-week strike

    February 15, 2008

    Against enormous odds and with television and film writers united behind them, leaders of the Writers Guild of America have negotiated a contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that amounts to a...

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