Labor
Sequester cuts mean idle planes, poultry plants and VA offices, says AFGE
March 22, 2013Some 250 AFGE members and supporters rallied outside Republican U.S. Senator Roy Blunt's office in St. Louis, March 20, to protest the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts to vital social services and the military, known as...
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A union leader goes on a crusade for democracy
March 20, 2013A top Communications Workers official has taken the union's democracy crusade to the good-government group Common Cause.
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Workers to Hyatt: Put housekeeper on board of directors
March 20, 2013Housekeepers will convene here tonight to nominate one of their own to sit on the hotel's board of directors.
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Union leaders like Obama’s choice for labor secretary
March 20, 2013A top union leader who worked closely with Thomas Perez, President Obama's nominee to be the nation's next Secretary of Labor, says Perez can bring labor and progressive firms together.
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Corporate America – you didn’t build that – really!
March 20, 2013Real democracy should mean that as a part of the team that actually built that, you should have some say in how that profit is distributed and spent.
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