Labor
Illinois graduate employees move towards strike
November 12, 2009The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been engaged in a hard fought struggle to establish adequate compensation for its members.
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Remembering Dave Moore
November 11, 2009DETROIT - Dave Moore, a veteran of the Ford Hunger March and a founder of the United Auto Workers union who helped shape the history of this city, died here Oct. 26, at the age of...
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For Hilda Solis, workplace safety more than a slogan
November 9, 2009If the last week of October and the beginning of November are any indication the U.S. Department of Labor is on a crime busting spree.
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Unemployment at record levels
November 9, 2009The nation's official unemployment rate soared into double-digit territory in October, increasing 0.4 percent that month, to 10.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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Janitors call for ‘green’ cleaning
November 7, 2009SAN FRANCISCO - For weeks now, teams of supermarket janitors have been traversing northern California on a mission: get supermakerts to go green.
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