Labor
Recession brings new challenges for injured workers, attorney says
May 25, 2009BRAINERD - The current economic crisis poses special challenges for injured workers, who may feel reluctant to report injuries they’ve incurred on the job, a noted workers’ compensation attorney says. “There’s a lot of fear in...
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Black trade unionists: Now is the Future.
May 23, 2009ATLANTA — The first major gathering of Black trade unionists since the election of Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American president, is taking place in this city this Memorial Day weekend under the theme of “Now...
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GLBT leaders side with labor union to boycott restaurants owned by GLBT ally
May 23, 2009Reposted from http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com Local government officials and GLBT activists are siding with UNITE HERE Local 30’s boycott of Old Town San Diego Historic Park’s restaurants Fiesta de Reyes and Barra Barra, owned by GLBT ally Chuck...
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Sen. Sherrod Brown at labor meet: New energy economy is unprecedented opportunity
May 22, 2009CLEVELAND — An array of labor leaders, public officials and policy experts gathered here recently to detail the promise and perils for Ohio in the transition to a clean energy, green jobs economy. More than a...
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Union contract at Yale based on history of struggle
May 22, 2009NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Four thousand six hundred union workers at Yale University here won a major victory last month. At a joint press conference with Local 35 service and maintenance workers and Local 34 clerical...
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