workers rights
Greed endangers blood supply say American Red Cross workers
April 5, 2012ARC is attempting to make unilateral changes to employee health insurance that mean deductibles and co-pays could raise costs many thousands a year.
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Who gets the big pay raises, Germany’s workers or CEOs?
April 3, 2012The squeeze on incomes for the 99% comes as the flow of euro-millions to Germany's 1% has been getting considerably more generous over the same period.
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Spaniards in mega-strike over labor reforms
March 30, 2012The reforms will mean the next generation of Spaniards will be completely deprived of permanent work - a throw-back to the 19th century.
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Senator unveils pro-labor Rebuild America Act
March 30, 2012The bill drew immediate praise from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
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Unions demand that Romney fire his labor advisor
March 27, 2012The AFL-CIO demanded that Mitt Romney fire his chief labor advisor for improper use of inside information obtained from his federal government connections.
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