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Big Oil may rob Canada of jobs

February 28, 2012 By Blake Skylar

There is growing concern that Canada is rapidly becoming a petro-state. And in this shift, manufacturing jobs are disappearing.

Workers ratify Cooper Tire deal, ending three-month lockout

February 28, 2012 By John Wojcik

The membership of the United Steelworkers, Local 207L, by a 2-to-1 margin, ratified a new five-year contract with Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, ending an infamous three-month lockout at the company's Findlay, Ohio plant. Workers were...

At UAW legislative conference, Obama defends auto bailout

February 28, 2012 By John Wojcik

In a rousing speech to a legislative conference of the UAW, President Obama defended his administration's bailout of the auto industry and credited UAW workers as the real saviors of the big Detroit companies.

Teachers stand up and fight

February 28, 2012

Teachers with Alliance/AFT of Dallas picketed outside the administration office of the Dallas Independent School district before the board meeting on Feb. 23.

Ben & Jerry’s apologizes for “Taste the Lin-sanity” ice cream

February 28, 2012 By Susan Webb

It seems too many "clever" media and advertisers think the way to respond to Asian Americans is with a joke, an ethnic stereotype or a plain old slur.