Labor
Hartmarx workers: Our jobs are worth fighting for
May 29, 2009DES PLAINES, Ill. — Workers boarded a bus this morning at the Hartmarx Corp. factory here, on their way to protest in front of a new Target store in Waukesha, Wis. The Hartmarx workers, represented by...
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Actors Equity launches bid for commemorative stamp
May 29, 2009Original source: Actors’ Equity has launched a nationwide campaign to become the first union honored with a U.S. postal stamp. The union is petitioning the U.S. Postal Service to issue a stamp commemorating the union’s 100th...
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Students don hard hats in unique school-trades partnership
May 29, 2009PHILADELPHIA — “We need the best people here. If you have a trade, a skill, no one can take that from you.” This was the advice Frank Marsh of Iron Workers Local 401 gave to the...
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Quad City Die Casting workers demand Wells Fargo save their jobs
May 28, 2009Wells Fargo is under fire again. This time, members of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) Local 1174, want the bank to keep their Moline, Ill., Quad City Die Casting plant open. The bank is...
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Rumor of card check’s ‘death’ is greatly exaggerated
May 27, 2009NewsAnalysis Many lawmakers returning home for the Memorial Day break found themselves face to face with union members determined to win passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Thousands have been mobilizing in more than 200...
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