Labor
Growing jobless figures impact presidential race
September 8, 2008The official jobless rate topped 6.1 percent in August bringing the plight of U.S. workers into the center of the political arena as the presidential campaign enters its final eight weeks. 84,000 workers lost their jobs...
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Striking Machinists at Boeing ask: How do you hide $13 billion?
September 7, 2008“How do you hide $13 billion? Do you stuff it in an airplane? Do you give it to the CEO? Or, do you share it with your workers?” These questions are printed on union flyers being...
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Strike shuts down Boeing Company
September 7, 200827,000 members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union shut down Boeing, the nation’s largest aircraft maker, Sept. 6 as they formed picket lines at all company facilities in Washington state, Oregon and Kansas. The...
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Columbus reestablishes Labor Day
September 3, 2008COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 200 unionists, retirees, family members and friends poured into the IBEW Picnic Grounds here for the first Labor Day event held there in recent memory. “It’s been at least 25-30 years...
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Did a Mississippi raid protect right-wing politicians?
September 3, 2008Originally posted at LAUREL, Miss. — On August 25, immigration agents swooped down on Howard Industries, a Mississippi electrical equipment factory, taking 481 workers to a privately-run detention center in Jena, Louisiana. A hundred and six...
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