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Unions: New Verizon pact gives raises, halts outsourcing, adds jobs
June 1, 2016Some 40,000 Verizon workers from Maine down through Virginia marched back to work today after a company-forced 45-day strike earned them victories.
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America must renew its infrastructure or face decline
May 20, 2016Politics as usual won't change things. It will take a wave election, a sweeping rebuke to the obstructionist Republican Congress, for anything to happen.
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Rally for job security at Yale
May 18, 2016Up to 2,000 union members and community allies filled Cedar Street May 5 to support 986 union members whose jobs are threatened.
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Workers suffer as Nabisco CEO makes millions, moves Oreo production line to Mexico
May 18, 2016Such contrasts lead the AFL-CIO to publish its yearly study comparing CEO pay and the median pay of U.S. workers.
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Unions keep up pressure on Verizon
May 16, 2016As support spreads nationwide for the 39,000 striking Verizon workers, CWA reveals the company has a massive offshoring operation in the Philippines.
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