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Transport union defends members in airline bankruptcy
December 5, 2011The Transport Workers "will do everything possible" to vigorously protect 23,400 members who work for American Airlines and its American Eagle subsidiary as the carrier goes through bankruptcy, officials say.
Read morePutting the Occupy movement in historical perspective
December 5, 2011Indeed there is civil unrest! Workers cry out for justice, as workloads grow and wages stagnate while owners' profits soar, as jobs are sent overseas.
Read moreJobless rate drops to 8.6% because 315,000 drop out altogether
December 2, 2011This morning's government report was full of unsettling statistics.
Read moreJobless enter Capitol, demand benefits extension
December 1, 2011Two hundred unemployed workers marched into the halls of Congress yesterday and served their lawmakers with 75,000 signatures on petitions demanding extension of unemployment benefits for the six million Americans about to lose them.
Read moreHouse votes today on first part of GOP “jobs” plan
November 30, 2011The measure, H.R. 3094, would deny workers the right to fair union elections by blocking changes proposed by the National Labor Relations Board.
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