Labor
Does outsourcing save government money?
September 16, 2011Contracting out federal jobs to the private sector wastes billions of dollars, a new study shows.
Read moreFarmworker rights bill awaits Calif. gov’s signature
September 16, 2011Now awaiting California Gov. Jerry Brown's signature is a bill to greatly strengthen the rights of the state's 400,000 farmworkers.
Read more400 union women at confab demand equality and union rights
September 16, 2011Over 400 union women came to the Coalition of Labor Union Women's 16th Biennial Convention in Orlando, September 7-10, to demand equality and to defend union rights. The women came from many different unions to speak...
Read moreAfter elections, Guatemala turns right
September 16, 2011Guatemala held presidential and parliamentary elections Sept. 12 and, as expected, the far right was the biggest winner.
Read morePostal unions, postal service collide over layoff scheme, health care cuts
September 16, 2011The nation's postal unions and the U.S. Postal Service's management have collided over management's latest plan to close what it says is a yawning deficit: mass layoffs, violating union contracts, and cuts in health care.
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