Labor
Labor pushes for universal health care
December 7, 2007‘800-pound gorilla’ sits on bargaining table NEW YORK — Union leaders here have made it clear that the AFL-CIO’s Labor Day pledge to push for national health care by 2009 is high on labor’s agenda for...
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Anti-immigrant equals anti-union at Yale
December 7, 2007CommentaryService and maintenance workers at Yale University, members of Local 35 Unite Here, have become the target of an anti-immigrant hate group seeking to create racial divisions and undermine the union leadership. A flurry of petitions...
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Road to White House runs through Ohio
December 7, 2007Labor rallies for high-stakes election CLEVELAND — The Ohio AFL-CIO is mobilizing an army of political activists to make sure Democrats win the state in next year’s elections. Under the slogan, “The road to the White...
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Columbus janitors win union
December 4, 2007COLUMBUS, Ohio—Coming on the heels of organizing victories in Cincinnati and Houston, some 1,200 janitors here, organizing with SEIU, won contracts with nine of the city’s largest employers last month. “This is a historic victory,” said...
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Labor leaves no stone unturned
November 30, 2007Organized labor is flexing its muscles, showing that it is tired of taking it on the chin. If the unions have their way, between now and Election Day 2008, even the ultra-right lock on the White...
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