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Destroying the Postal Service in order to save it?

September 15, 2011 By Chuck Zlatkin

The big lie seems to be working. Most Americans now believe that the U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of a financial collapse.

Hyatt workers end weeklong strike with protest at ‘heat lamp hotel’

September 15, 2011 By John Wojcik

Hundreds of striking workers concluded their strike yesterday with a picket and protest at the Park Hyatt, which won notoriety when management there turned heat lamps on striking workers in July.

Thousands fill New York’s Fifth Ave. to celebrate labor

September 12, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta

On September 10, Labor Day, New York City's main thoroughfare, Fifth Avenue, was filled for 30 blocks with thousands of union families celebrating the labor movement.

Fire Fighters commemorate 9/11 with N.Y.-to-D.C. memorial ride

September 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The New York locals of the Fire Fighters, who lost 343 members and their priest on 9/11 2001, will commemorate their fallen colleagues with a 343-mile memorial bicycle ride.

Hyatt workers strike in four cities after two years without contract

September 9, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel And John Wojcik

More than 90 percent of the unionized early shift in Chicago's Hyatt hotels showed up for picket duty instead of work this morning.