Labor
Building labor solidarity with the Honduran people
July 14, 2009Dan Kovalik, United Steelworkers Union (USW) senior associate general counsel, just returned Friday from a four day trip to Honduras. He went with a delegation of seven people to get a firsthand look at the situation...
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Obama reported firm in his support for EFCA
July 14, 2009A top aide to one of the union leaders present at a White House meeting with President Obama today said the president remains firmly committed to passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, the bill that...
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Union leaders meet with Obama
July 14, 2009Union presidents are meeting with President Obama in the White House today where they are discussing the urgent need for health care reform with a public option, according to Gregory King, special assistant to Gerald McEntee,...
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Razorbacks rally for Employee Free Choice
July 14, 2009LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — I just happened to be visiting my cousins in Arkansas when I got word of a rally in Little Rock to support the Employee Free Choice Act. I rushed up to Central...
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Union City a union city
July 14, 2009UNION CITY-- A fighting militant demonstration of several hundred nursing home workers, members of 1199/SEIU sent a message to their employer, Castle Hill Nursing Home, that they want a new union contract and they mean to...
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