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Over union objection, court rewards failed Hostess execs
December 3, 2012A federal bankruptcy judge awarded $1.75 million in bonus payments to the corporate executives who ran Hostess Brands into the ground.
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Utility workers: American Water in more hot water
December 12, 2011The same highly-profitable nationwide utility that is trying to drastically raise rates on its St. Louis customers is using workers from a non-union labor law-breaking company to try to replace its Utility Worker members.
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Service Employees back Obama
November 18, 2011The Service Employees became the third big union - and the second within Change To Win - to endorse Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election.
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AFL-CIO prez: Labor must reach out to survive
January 21, 2011DETROIT - Saying the labor movement has become too small and too inward-looking to defeat corporate power by itself, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told the Auto Workers legislative conference that unions must build wider coalitions to...
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Labor Day: President Obama goes to Milwaukee’s LaborFest
September 1, 2010MILWAUKEE (PAI)--The President of the United States - along with his Secretary of Labor and the president of the national AFL-CIO - will be special Labor Day guests at Milwaukee's LaborFest.
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Laborers to rejoin AFL-CIO
August 16, 2010The Change To Win federation will lose yet another member on Oct. 1, when the Laborers rejoin the AFL-CIO - but in a sense, they never really left.
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Lawmaker goes to bat for home care workers
July 30, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI)--Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., is trying to get the nation's home health care workers the right to earn at least the minimum wage and overtime.
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Students claim win over Nike sweatshops
July 30, 2010PORTLAND, Ore. (PAI)--Labor-backed United Students Against Sweatshops claimed a big win on July 26 when the world's largest shoe and apparel maker, Nike, agreed to pay the full $2.5 million two Honduran subcontractors owed their 1,800...
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