Labor
Nationwide protests demand: End Cooper Tire lockout, with video
January 17, 2012"Corporate greed at Cooper Tire is flat out wrong!" That was the message brought by pickets protesting the lockout of 1051 workers by Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. at its plant in Findlay, Ohio.
Read moreUnions scramble to protect pensions in Hostess bankruptcy
January 17, 2012The Bakery Workers, the Teamsters, and other unions representing Hostess Foods employees scrambled to protect their members as the snack food company filed for bankruptcy on Jan. 1.
Read moreWorkers file for union recognition at Aer Lingus
January 17, 2012AFA-CWA filed on Jan. 6 with the National Mediation Board for a recognition election among the 53 U.S.-based flight attendants of Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline.
Read moreMich. labor gets ready to rumble over GOP’s right-to-work plans
January 13, 2012"Any right-to-work effort in Michigan is going to be met with the fiercest opposition organized labor has ever brought against a single issue," said a building trades leader.
Read moreAll eyes on 2012 elections at AFL-CIO King holiday observance
January 13, 2012"It's a new day, a new labor movement," and "victory can come to the 99 percent if we stand united," said AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker.
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