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20,000 telecom workers set to strike, and more bargaining news
February 19, 2009Original source: Some 20,000 telecommunications workers at AT&T are set to strike, and more updates here from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than...
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Obama economic plan signed into law
February 19, 2009US President Barack Obama signed his hard-fought stimulus plan into law on Tuesday in the hope that the huge injection of public funds will cushion the collapsing US economy.
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Hollywood actors, producers resume labor talks as strike fears fade
February 19, 2009(Xinhua) Hollywood's largest actors union and the trade group representing major studios Tuesday resumed labor talks to renew an already expired contract, as possibilities of another industry-wide strike have faded.
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EU report predicts loss of 3.5 mln jobs in 2009
February 19, 2009(Xinhua) Some 3.5 million European Union (EU) citizens will lose their jobs this year due to the economic crisis, an EU report said on Tuesday.
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Free trade, jobs and democracy—a look at Singapore
February 18, 2009Given the evaporation of 533,000 American jobs last November, the largest downturn in thirty-four years and the prospects for even greater losses, it is vital that we have a public discourse on the cost of free...
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