unions
“Greed on steroids” at Missouri water company
June 9, 2011American Water made $268 million in profits last year and paid its top seven executives a combined $12.5 million, but wants big cuts from workers, the union says.
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Federal agency to probe Delta flight attendants vote
June 8, 2011The National Mediation Board acted in response to evidence brought by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
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Firefighters, nurses, farmers turn up heat in Walkerville
June 7, 2011Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold led 1,000 firefighters, nurses, farmers and a motorcade of taxi cabs and an antique fire engine, in a demonstration that encircled Capitol Square.
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Supreme Court lets anti-immigrant law stand
June 7, 2011By a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona's first anti-immigrant law is legal.
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“Walkerville” tent city grows in Wisconsin
June 6, 2011Like the workers who built "Hooverville" tent cities in the Depression of the 1920s and '30s, protestors are dramatizing their opposition to Republicans' economic policies.
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