Government
Steelworkers tell feds about oil industry safety woes
December 22, 2010The rampant safety hazards exposed by the fatal, catastrophic fire, explosion and sinking of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year unveil a catalogue of wide-ranging problems in...
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Obama Labor Dept. acts against wage and benefit theft
December 15, 2010The Department of Labor took action this week to recover almost $1 million in back wages for construction workers in New York and forced a Georgia company to pay restitution for improper investment of union pension...
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25,000 Ohioans sign to “protect, preserve” Social Security
December 7, 2010Dozens of senior activists rallied at the Cleveland AFL-CIO headquarters Monday to "Protect, Preserve and Pass Along Social Security and Medicare" and to "protest the continuing assault on retirees."
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Dallas stands for jobs and retirement benefits
December 6, 2010Fifty North Texans, primarily retirees, added their voices to the general outcry against plans to cut retiree benefits at a meeting in the Communications Workers of America Local 6215 Hall December 2 in Dallas.
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Michigan city on verge of bankruptcy
December 2, 2010The city of Hamtramck, Mich., is $3 million in debt and will run out of money by the end of January. It has sought permission from the state to file for bankruptcy, a move never before...
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