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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

Northwestern University footballers file union election cards
January 30, 2014 By PAI
With virtually unanimous player support, and Steelworker backing, football players at Northwestern University filed a formal petition and signed union recognition election cards.
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Labor

Justices: Collective bargaining determines pay for putting on protective gear
January 29, 2014 By PAI
In a 9-0 decision on Jan. 27, justices said time used in taking off and putting on the gear is a bargainable subject under labor law.
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Labor

Teamsters at UPS Freight voting on new pact
January 9, 2014 By PAI
Teamsters leaders hope the second time will be the charm as 13,000 members who work for UPS Freight cast ballots on Jan. 11-12 on a new five-year contract.
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Labor

St. Louis unions giving to charities big time
January 8, 2014 By St. Louis Labor Tribune And PAI
When Americans think of labor unions, they think of union members campaigning for causes. But unions are a lot more, and their charity efforts in the St. Louis area show it.
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Labor

IAM Boeing workers narrowly approve 8-year contract extension
January 7, 2014 By PAI
Machinists who work for Boeing in the Puget Sound area, around Portland, Ore., and in Wichita, Kansas, narrowly approved an eight-year contract extension with Boeing.
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Labor

Boeing continues to play one state off against another
January 3, 2014 By PAI
SEATTLE (PAI)-Members of the International Association of Machinists in the Pacific Northwest are voting today on an 8-year contract extension offer from Boeing that many are unhappy with.
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U.S.

Teachers’ leader: Schools reflect society’s polarization and anger
December 13, 2013 By PAI
The "polarization and anger" running through U.S. society, as a result of the collapse of the American Dream, "is playing out in the schools as well."
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World

Francis does it again: Attacking the “tyranny” of unfettered capitalism
November 27, 2013 By PAI
Francis I is blasting the "tyranny" of unfettered capitalism, economic inequity and financial finagling.
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