unions
Construction workers continue strike in Chicago
July 12, 2010Some 15,000 construction workers in Chicagoland have been on strike for weeks over wages and health care benefits.
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Teachers celebrate union milestone: 1.5 million members
July 11, 2010SEATTLE-Delegates to the American Federation of Teachers 81st biennial convention here danced in the aisles July 9 celebrating their union surpassing 1.5 million members including almost 70,000 new members organized in the past year.
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Two killed in clashes between workers and police in Panama
July 9, 2010Clashes between police and workers' groups in Panama have been suppressed with tear gas, leaving at least two workers dead.
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Teachers union endorses Oct. 2 One Nation jobs march
July 9, 2010SEATTLE — Delegates to the American Federation of Teachers 81th Convention here applauded as AFT President Randi Weingarten urged them to mobilize for an October 2 jobs march on Washington, D.C.
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Farmworkers to Colbert Nation: “Take our jobs”
July 8, 2010United Farm Worker union president takes the immigration issue to Stephen Colbert with a "Take Our Jobs" campaign.
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