Labor
British union federation to push pay cap for execs
April 5, 2013The British Trades Union Congress, the umbrella organization for that nation's unions, will push for a specific pay cap for Britain's executive class.
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Fast food workers walk out, seek living wages, union recognition
April 5, 2013Thousands of New York City fast food workers staged a second one-day walkout from their jobs.
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Workers say city services are vital to public safety
April 4, 2013City workers gathered in front of City Hall April 2 with a message for City Council members starting to discuss a new two-year budget.
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Mid-air collision fear grows as control towers shut down
April 4, 2013It's more than just jobs on the chopping block as air traffic control towers at 149 airports begin shutting down this month.
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Today in labor history: Memphis 1968, we remember
April 4, 2013An assassin's bullet felled the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968. King had come to Memphis to support a strike by the city's sanitation workers.
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