unions
Workers take back May Day
May 2, 2011Across the country on May 1, tens of thousands of workers, led by the presidents of the nation's largest unions, reclaimed May Day as an American holiday.
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Drive opens to repeal union-busting Ohio law
April 27, 2011Tens of thousands of petitions are hitting the streets of Ohio to repeal Senate Bill 5, a drastic union-busting law led by the Republican-controlled state legislature and signed by Gov. John Kasich.
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Florida labor fights “paycheck protection”
April 26, 2011Florida's labor movement is fighting against a bill, supported by the state's Chamber of Commerce and legislature, that would strip public sector unions of their right to engage in political activity.
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Relocating production line to avoid union breaks labor law
April 25, 2011The NLRB says Boeing's decision to locate its second assembly line for its new model "Dreamliner" super-jumbo passenger plane in non-union South Carolina, and not in its unionized plants in the Pacific Northwest, breaks labor law.
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May Day in Chicago: Labor to commemorate Haymarket martyrs
April 22, 2011It's just one word in labor history with a lot of associations: Haymarket.
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