Labor
Labor to neighbor
January 12, 2007Members of the Community Services Committee of the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO prepare to distribute over 400 Christmas baskets to laid off workers Dec. 16. The committee members include workers from AFSCME, IBEW, IAM, Letter Carriers, Operating...
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Unions sue Bush Dept. of Labor over worker deaths
January 12, 200750 deaths, 400,000 injuries tied to OSHA’s inactionPoultry workers typically stand shoulder to shoulder de-boning chicken breasts mounted on cones flying by at the rate of dozens per minute. They must wear metal mesh gloves on...
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N.Y. transit union re-elects Toussaint
December 22, 2006Workers’ CorrespondenceRoger Toussaint, president of New York’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, has prevailed in a close and hard-fought union election. The race ended on Dec. 15 with the election of Toussaint for a third three-year...
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Dear Santa
December 22, 2006About 200 demonstrators participated in a holiday-themed picket line and rally at the Woodfin Suites Hotel in Emeryville, Calif., Dec. 18. They were protesting the firings of 21 immigrant workers who had been involved in a...
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Portuguese public workers battle austerity plan
December 22, 2006LISBON, Portugal — A two-day general strike brought this nation to a standstill Nov. 9-10 as 750,000 public workers protested the government’s plan to impose vicious wage and benefit cutbacks at the insistence of the Brussels-based...
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