Labor
Using OSHA to win victories: the case of Cintas
December 14, 2007There is a tendency among U.S. trade union leaders, shop stewards and rank-and-file activists to strongly distrust federal and state agencies charged with protecting workers’ health and safety — and therefore not to utilize them. While...
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After fatal accidents, unions put spotlight on port safety
December 14, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — After the second fatal accident at the Port of Oakland in 10 weeks, port workers and their union are raising urgent concerns about safety at the nation’s fourth largest port. Edward Hall, 47,...
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What the UAW should do now
December 7, 2007Now that the 2007 auto talks are over, Ron Gettelfinger, the union negotiator, should heed the words of Ron Gettelfinger, the union president. Before the United Auto Workers ever sat down with GM, Ford and Chrysler...
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Labor pushes for universal health care
December 7, 2007‘800-pound gorilla’ sits on bargaining table NEW YORK — Union leaders here have made it clear that the AFL-CIO’s Labor Day pledge to push for national health care by 2009 is high on labor’s agenda for...
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Anti-immigrant equals anti-union at Yale
December 7, 2007CommentaryService and maintenance workers at Yale University, members of Local 35 Unite Here, have become the target of an anti-immigrant hate group seeking to create racial divisions and undermine the union leadership. A flurry of petitions...
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