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Locked-out musicians “devastated” by director’s resignation
October 4, 2013MINNEAPOLIS (PAI) -- Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra, locked out of their jobs for the past year, were devastated by the Oct. 1 resignation of its music director, Osmo Vänskä, who quit when management refused to...
Read moreConnecticut unions reach out to all workers
October 3, 2013The convention's clear agenda was to organize the unorganized and stand up for the rights and needs of all working people.
Read moreSupreme Court postpones top labor case involving NLRB rulings
October 2, 2013McCutcheon is scheduled for Oct. 8, but the court may not be in session because Congress has not approved money bills to keep the government going.
Read moreRepublicans plunge nation into government shutdown
October 1, 2013"Repeal the job-killing sequester," Richard Trumka declared. "Protect food aid for the poor. And create jobs and raise hundreds of billions of dollars to invest in our future by ending tax subsidies for outsourcing."
Read moreToday in labor history: Black farmers meet to unionize, are attacked
September 30, 2013Arkansas Gov. Charles Hillman Bough sent 100 U.S. troops to the area, where they exchanged gunfire with the farmers.
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