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On Earth Day, AFL-CIO launches green initiative
April 22, 2009Original source: To celebrate Earth Day, the AFL-CIO, together with the leadership of its new Center for Green Jobs, announced a plan to reduce energy consumption, cut down waste and reduce the carbon footprint of its...
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Workers hold ‘lying’ bosses over plans to outsource factory jobs
April 22, 2009Original source: Workers at a French subsidiary of US firm Molex have detained two bosses in protest at plans to close the plant in south-east France. Molex Automotive announced in October they were planning to close...
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Reports of deepening bank crisis stir more calls for nationalization
April 22, 2009Reports of deepening bank crisis stir more calls for nationalization By Tim Wheeler WASHINGTON — Two reports warning of the enormous cost to taxpayers of insolvent banks were released this week. They fueled stronger calls for...
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Review: New biography of groundbreaking Labor Secretary is timely
April 22, 2009(Reposted from Workday Minnesota) ST. PAUL - A new biography, “The Woman Behind the New Deal,” brings Frances Perkins out of the footnotes and into the historically accurate limelight of unparalleled progressive policy advances. If you...
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Illinois workers fight racist, anti-union harassment
April 22, 2009Workers at Commercial Forged Products (CFP) have had enough. After signing a new contract last year, 60 members of USWA Local 2154 have endured a constant stream of attacks and African American and Latino workers have...
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