Labor
Riverwalk hospitality workers list demands
November 1, 2010Hundreds of hotel workers from the Grand Hyatt and their supporters marched, demanding changes to make hospitality jobs "sustainable, healthy work with a living wage all through our city,
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Town hall meet calls for U.S. manufacturing strategy
October 29, 2010"We have to make manufacturing a priority again," Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., told over 250 union members, community activists and students here at a town-hall style meeting sponsored by the Alliance for American Manufacturing.
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90,000 union members hit the street in final election push
October 28, 2010The AFL-CIO says its push will, in effect, build a "firewall" that will hold the line on expected Republican gains and allow Democrats to retain control of both houses of Congress.
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Tea party failing to match labor’s ground game
October 27, 2010In the last week before the election, when get-out-the vote efforts become job number one for candidates, the Republican Party has begun to falter.
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Feds push to cut deadly coal dust by half
October 27, 2010The United Mine Workers hailed as "a tremendous step forward" a decision by the Mine Safety and Health Administration to cut coal miners' exposure to lethal coal mine dust in half.
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