strikes
San Francisco transit workers out on strike
October 18, 2013SAN FRANCISCO - Management refusal to negotiate on its own work rule demands - demands the unions say could impact worker safety - forced workers for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART) to...
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Today in Labor History: Clayton Antitrust Act signed
October 15, 2013On October 15, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signs the Clayton Antitrust Act establishing that unions are not "conspiracies" under the law.
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Today in labor history: Labor journalist Mary Heaton Vorse is born
October 9, 2013She reported on the Lawrence textile strike, the steel strike of 1919, the textile workers strike of 1934, and coal strikes in Harlan County, Kentucky. After reporting on the Loray Mill strike in Gastonia, N....
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Behind the headlines: Walmart and workplace safety
September 17, 2013Walmart and companies like it have few responsibilities to their employees to balance management's right to hire and fire at will, and what legal responsibilities they do bear have been eroded over the past decades.
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Philadelphia firefighters win contract after 4 years
September 12, 2013Local 22, was awarded new contracts by arbitration three times. All three times Mayor Nutter challenged it in court. A successful mass petition drive this year to curb the mayor's power forced Nutter to back down.
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