AFL-CIO
Top labor leader says protests hike support for unions
March 2, 2011"People are giving the labor movement another look now," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said at a press conference here March 1.
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Ashtabula workers give GOP rep an earful
March 2, 2011During a town hall meeting in Ohio this week hundreds of community and labor activists rallied against a Republican-led state senate bill that would destroy collective bargaining rights for public workers.
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Right now: 1,000 workers sit in and block Indiana state Senate
February 22, 2011A thousand union members and their allies are sitting in and blocking the entrances to the state Senate chamber in Indianapolis.
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Big business floods Congress with demands to de-regulate
February 11, 2011Corporations officially unveiled loads of pet projects, wish-lists, and regulations they want axed during a hearing held by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The labor movement says it's corporate arm-twisting of lawmakers on the...
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Demonstrations, nationwide strike rock Egypt, world labor voices solidarity
February 1, 2011A general strike, to continue until Mubarak's government falls, has been called by the newly formed Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions.
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