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Minnesota government shutdown puts thousands out of work

July 1, 2011 By Barb Kucera

Minnesota's sluggish economy, struggling to recover from the recession, will be rocked by the layoffs of 23,000 state employees and thousands of others.

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France bans fracking

July 1, 2011 By Blake Skylar

The French parliament voted to ban fracking - a worrisome technique used to extract gas from rock deposits.

750,000 walk off jobs in Britain

July 1, 2011 By Will Stone And Richard Bagley

Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers the length and breadth of Britain defied slurs and threats Thursday to mount one of the biggest walkouts since the country's 1926 General Strike.

Judge backs labor board over Boeing

July 1, 2011 By John Wojcik

A federal judge threw out a motion by Boeing to dismiss an NLRB lawsuit that charged the company with illegally punishing union workers in Washington state by moving a new production line to South Carolina.

Probe shows union-busting Michelle Rhee wrote Michigan anti-teacher law

July 1, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Anti-union consultant writes bill that attacks Michigan teachers.