Labor
For Steelworkers, one lockout ends, another begins
August 7, 2014"It appears Honeywell is more interested in intimidating our members with a show of force than in bargaining for a settlement."
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Nurses to strike this week at Bay Area hospitals
August 5, 2014Concerns about safe staffing levels are one cause of the planned strikes: RNs are unable to take meal and rest breaks without leaving patients with inadequate staffing care
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Judge orders Kellogg’s to take locked out workers back
August 4, 2014A federal judge in Memphis, Tenn., has ordered Kellogg's to take back the 226 union workers it locked out from its cereal plant there over nine months ago.
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GOP’s Lamar Alexander, catering to right, tries axing Davis-Bacon
August 4, 2014In an obvious bid to cater to the radical right, Sen. Lamar Alexander launched a bid to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act.
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July unemployment rate doesn’t reflect truth about joblessness
August 4, 2014While 131,000 people found jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the number of unemployed people rose by 197,000 to 9.67 million.
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