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Press Associates Union News Service provides national coverage of news affecting workers, including activism, politics, economics, legislation in Congress and actions by the White House, federal agencies and the courts that affect working people. Mark Gruenberg is Editor in chief and owner of Press Associates Union News Service, Washington, D.C.

LATEST ARTICLES BY PAI

Labor

President seeks hike in extended federal jobless benefits
February 5, 2015 By PAI
Proposals would improve the solvency of state programs, reach more workers in need, and make the UI program more responsive to economic downturns.
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Labor

Justices toss permanent company payment of union retiree health benefits
January 29, 2015 By PAI
"The Yard-Man ruling violates ordinary contract principles by placing a thumb on the scale in favor of vested retiree benefits in all collective-bargaining agreements."
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Unions added 48,000 members last year
January 23, 2015 By PAI
Union density was 11.1 percent in 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, but the workforce grew even more.
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Union leaders give Obama positive reviews except on trade
January 22, 2015 By PAI
Union leaders gave President Obama's 2015 State of the Union address generally positive reviews.
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Tentative pact lets 18,000 Kaiser California nurses cancel strike
January 21, 2015 By PAI
"The pact shows the chain recognizes the nurses' devotion to assuring the highest level of quality care for patients as well as protections for the nurses who deliver that care."
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Newspaper Guild changes name to NewsGuild, re-elects Lunzer
January 20, 2015 By PAI
After almost eight decades as The Newspaper Guild, delegates to the union's convention voted to officially change its name to The NewsGuild.
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Seafarers rescue Syrian war refugees in the Mediterranean sea
January 14, 2015 By PAI
Continuing what is a Seafarers tradition, the Seafarer-crewed MV Liberty Grace rescued 231 refugees from Syria's civil war.
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Nurses union cheers Obama Keystone veto threat
January 12, 2015 By PAI
Keystone foes say the pipeline would carry "dirty oil" to the U.S. Gulf Coast refineries at a cost of an unacceptable increase in the gases that cause global warming.
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