Labor
Steelworkers vow to fight racism, elect Obama
July 9, 2008LAS VEGAS — Over 3,000 Steelworker delegates filled the Las Vegas Bally Hotel convention center last week with raring-to-go enthusiasm for “taking back America for working people” in the 2008 elections. One delegate described it as...
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Workers at auto plant keep McCain at a distance
July 2, 2008Only a handful of auto workers at the Lordstown, Ohio plant showed up for a meeting that management arranged for those who wanted to meet Republican presidential candidate John McCain when he toured the plant June...
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Union takes a stand against cruelty
July 2, 2008FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — The Unite Here union struck a blow June 24 against some particularly vicious anti-immigrant ordinances in place in a Texas town. One of the worst of those ordinances seeks to instill fear...
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AFL-CIO officially endorses Obama
July 1, 2008The AFL-CIO officially endorsed Barack Obama for president on June 26. In the statement issued with the endorsement, the General Board declared that Obama “secured the nomination of his party in a campaign that has energized...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR: June 28, 2008
July 1, 2008House backs paid leave for federal workers The Democratic-run House voted along party lines June 20, 230-194, for eight weeks of paid family leave for the nation’s 2.7 million federal workers. The remaining four weeks of...
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