Labor
Unions embrace street corner solidarity
June 9, 2009SEATTLE, Washington, Jun 8 (IPS) - For Pablo Alvarado, the genesis occurred back in 1999 when janitors in Los Angeles were on strike. Some of the cleaning companies came to the corners and workers' centres where...
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Biden refuses to cross fire fighters picket line
June 9, 2009Original source: What’s the difference between a president who supports working families and their unions and one beholden to corporate and anti-worker interests? As President Obama has shown, there’s a lot, but last Friday the Obama...
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Labor unity deal not expected until after September meet
June 9, 2009Although the campaign for the AFL-CIO’s presidency — if there will be a campaign — has not officially begun, the Ohio federation is the first in the country to back Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka to succeed retiring...
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The fall of GM new thinking needed
June 9, 2009DETROIT — It was a little more than 30 years ago that General Motors had 395,000 United Auto Workers hourly employees. Two years from now, GM will have 38,000 union workers, a decline of over 90...
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Specter tells labor: You’re gonna like my EFCA vote
June 9, 2009Congressional backers of the Employee Free Choice Act are closer than ever to the 60 Senators they need to break a planned Republican filibuster after Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) told a crowd of trade unionists in...
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