Labor
Bulgarian teachers strike for wage hike
October 19, 2007Bulgarian teachers began a nationwide strike late last month, calling for higher wages and increased spending on education. With an average salary of $320 a month, Bulgarian educators are among the lowest paid in Europe. Many...
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Germans grapple with train strike, jobless pay
October 19, 2007BERLIN — Among the issues grabbing the headlines in Germany these days are a big train strike and Social Democratic Party infighting over jobless insurance. On Oct. 12, suburban and municipal railway workers in the big...
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Unions, rights groups praise no-match ruling
October 19, 2007Unions and immigrant rights organizations praised a federal judge’s Oct. 10 decision barring the Social Security Administration from using “no-match” letters to force employers to fire workers who cannot quickly clear up discrepancies. At the same...
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U.S. govt, bosses use racial profiling
October 12, 2007Fernando Rodriquez, director of Local 7 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in Colorado, took time out from the Congreso Latino meeting in Los Angeles last week (see story, page 3) to tell the...
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Auto pact: the good, the bad and the ugly
October 12, 2007The wages and working conditions of union autoworkers have always set standards for all manufacturing. These in turn have put upward pressure on wages and benefits for all workers. But in today’s political and economic climate,...
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