Labor

                
  • Road to White House runs through Ohio

    Road to White House runs through Ohio

    December 7, 2007

    Labor rallies for high-stakes election CLEVELAND — The Ohio AFL-CIO is mobilizing an army of political activists to make sure Democrats win the state in next year’s elections. Under the slogan, “The road to the White...

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  • Columbus janitors win union

    Columbus janitors win union

    December 4, 2007

    COLUMBUS, Ohio—Coming on the heels of organizing victories in Cincinnati and Houston, some 1,200 janitors here, organizing with SEIU, won contracts with nine of the city’s largest employers last month. “This is a historic victory,” said...

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  • French strikes: the end or beginning?

    French strikes: the end or beginning?

    November 30, 2007

    News Analysis PARIS — During France’s powerful public workers’ strikes of November-December 1995, the political waters were somewhat muddy. On the one hand, President Jacques Chirac had based his recent election campaign on the theme of...

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  • America is missing its middle

    America is missing its middle

    November 30, 2007

    Worker’s Correspondence If your Oreo didn’t have the sugary white middle, wouldn’t you notice? If, over time, your car tire middles collapsed, you would notice. So why for so long has our country’s middle been allowed...

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  • Fix the health care system

    Fix the health care system

    November 30, 2007

    ASHTABULA, Ohio — Health Care for All was the topic at the Town Hall meeting here Nov. 10 at People’s Missionary Baptist Church. The meeting, endorsed by the NAACP and the Ashtabula AFL-CIO and Retiree Council,...

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