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Asian Pacific American worker hearing hailed as labor milestone

November 17, 2009 By Susan Webb

The first-ever National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing was an emotional event for Asian Pacific trade unionists.

Obama calls White House jobs summit

November 13, 2009 By John Wojcik

With jobless rates at record levels, President Obama announced that he will hold a White House jobs summit in December to tackle the crisis.

Workers say: Stop Bissell’s dirty work

November 13, 2009

On Nov. 5, Cindy Marble and several of her co-workers were fired without any warning, after some of them had trained their replacements.

S K Handtools workers end strike, save health care and jobs

November 12, 2009 By John Bachtell

CHICAGO - After a 10-week strike to save their jobs, health care and union, seventy Teamster Local 743 members at S K Handtools voted 3 to 1 to accept the company offer and began returning to...

Wall Street gets swine flu vaccine before others

November 9, 2009

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley were among the first employers in New York to receive shipments of the badly sought after H1N1 swine flu vaccine.