unions
Strikers at Mott’s pick up nationwide support
July 7, 2010Support from around the country is coming in to 300 striking workers at the Mott's apple products plant in Williamson, N.Y.
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Workers of the world need a “new global economic order”
July 6, 2010VANCOUVER, Canada - In the video below, Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, summarizes an opinion expressed by many at this global union meet: Make the banks pay to create jobs and clean up their mess.
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LaborFest 2010: Art, history and today’s struggles
July 5, 2010In the San Francisco Bay Area, July is LaborFest month - a cornucopia of film, video, tours, art, music, theater, panels, workshops and more, delving into the many issues and struggles of today's workers and those...
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G-20 fails to do enough for job creation, global labor says
July 5, 2010TORONTO (PAI)--The world's top political leaders are failing to meet the global job creation challenge resulting from the Great Recession, global labor leaders charge.
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Illinois nuclear plant locks out 200 steelworkers
July 5, 2010More than 200 workers were on the picket line last week in Metropolis, Ill., after their employer, Honeywell International, locked them out of their jobs, June 28.
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