unions
A union leader goes on a crusade for democracy
March 20, 2013A top Communications Workers official has taken the union's democracy crusade to the good-government group Common Cause.
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Workers to Hyatt: Put housekeeper on board of directors
March 20, 2013Housekeepers will convene here tonight to nominate one of their own to sit on the hotel's board of directors.
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Union leaders like Obama’s choice for labor secretary
March 20, 2013A top union leader who worked closely with Thomas Perez, President Obama's nominee to be the nation's next Secretary of Labor, says Perez can bring labor and progressive firms together.
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Largest union sportsman’s event in Ohio highlights conservation project
March 18, 2013The Pipefitter's Hall was packed, over 500 folks filing in for what was the eighth in a series of Union Sportsmen's Alliance public events.
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Today in women’s history: Police evict striking Woolworth’s clerks
March 18, 2013New York City police evicted and arrested striking Woolworth's store clerks - mostly women - who had occupied stores demanding a 40-hour workweek.
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