Labor
Labor shifts its health care drive into the streets
August 11, 2009Organized groups of union members, responding to right-wing attempts to de-rail the movement for health care reform, are turning out for virtually every health care rally and town hall meeting in the nation, knocking on doors,...
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‘Monongahela Dusk’ a steamy thriller about the steel industry!
August 11, 2009Sex, political corruption, intrigue, conspiracy, bombing and confrontations with the National Guard and local police — a steamy beach thriller set in Baghdad, right? Well, not really. John Hoerr, a former writer for Business Week best...
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Actor Danny Glover joins St. Louis workers fighting union busting
August 10, 2009ST. LOUIS - 'Shame on you Pinnacle Entertainment. The employer-employee relationship is based on an agreement, an acknowledgment, on a confidence that both sides will uphold their responsibilities,' said actor Danny Glover to members of Workers'...
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Workers tell AT&T: Dont Wal-Mart us
August 9, 2009ST. LOUIS — 'AT&T is leading the race to the bottom,' Communications Workers of America Local 6300 President Kevin Kujawa said as some 150 CWA members picketed the AT&T tower here Aug. 6. 'In this economy,...
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247,000 jobs lost: Without recovery package, would be far worse
August 8, 2009Original source: U.S. jobs lost in July totaled 247,000, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data out today, with the unofficial unemployment rate now at 9.4 percent compared with 9.5 percent in June, the first...
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