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Port workers spend Labor Day on picket line
September 7, 2011LONGVIEW, Wash. - Embattled dockworkers marched on their picket lines, Labor Day weekend, standing tall against EGT, the international grain consortium that seeks to break the union at their huge new grain terminal in the Port...
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From Wal-Mart to hot dogs, courts important for workers
September 7, 2011So you still don't think courts are important to workers? Betty Dukes and Nolan Koewler can quickly set you straight.
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Labor history: 2011 marks unhappy anniversary on job safety
September 7, 2011The year 2011 should serve as a reminder of how far the U.S. has come on job safety issues - and how far it has yet to go.
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Thousands show up for Black Caucus jobs fair (video)
September 6, 2011Video highlights from the Congressional Black Caucus jobs fair/town hall meeting held on Aug. 31 here at the Crenshaw Christian Center with more than 500 people in attendance. An estimated 20,000 showed up for the CBC's...
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Workers blast threat to shut down U.S. Postal Service
September 6, 2011Postal Service employees say threats by the U.S. Postal Service to shut down this winter because of a $9.2 billion deficit are part of a "manufactured crisis" designed to privatize the world's largest mail delivery system.
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