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LABOR UNIONS

Labor unions are legally recognized representatives for workers. The most prominent unions are found among public sector employees, including police officers and teacher. This topic covers the news and analysis on labor unions in the U.S. and abroad.

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U.S. Employment Grew by 120K and Gold Price for November 2011more

The U.S. labor force grew again during November: according to the recent U.S. employment report, which was published...

Screen Actors to Honor Mary Tyler Mooremore

   Mary Tyler Moore       We loved Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and as the iconic Mary...

UAW, GM Reach Tentative Agreementmore

The UAW reached a tentative agreement with General Motors Co. (GM) late last night. The union says the new pact, which...

AAM’s Job Search Tracks Candidates’ Jobs, Manufacturing Statements, Pr...more

  Our friends at the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) have just launched Job Search, a new online tracking...

Finding Help for Pa. Flood Survivorsmore

Karen Gownley of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO reports on contacts for those in need after the floods in that state.

The Perry Plan: Low Wages, Texas Stylemore

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry touts his job creation record as governor of Texas, but the reality is...

Getting Back to School and Back to Workmore

  In this excerpt of a cross-post from the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP), Jeremy Hedlund and Isaiah Toney, SLAP...

Nurses Rally for Wall Street Tax, Get Thanks from Gov. Brownmore

More than 1,000 registered nurses attending the national Nurses United (NNU) convention rallied outside the Federal...

Teachers Say American Jobs Act Vital for Students and Schoolsmore

President Obama’s American Jobs Act includes $25 billion to repair and modernize public schools and another $30 billion...

Coburn Yields to Pressure, Backs Off FAA Shutdown Threatmore

After intense public pressure and criticism, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) last night backed off his threat to shut down...

New Report: So-Called Right to Work is Wrong for Michiganmore

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) and his Republican/tea party supporters—the same gang that eliminated basic democratic...

Mexican Leaders Call for Solidarity Against Injusticesmore

Brenda Loya in AFL-CIO Media Affairs sends us this report. Mexican independent union leaders traveled to Washington, D.

Republicans Push NLRB Attack Bill Through Housemore

House Republicans today continued their attack on the National Labor Board (NLRB) when they passed (238-186)  a bill...

Coburn Blocks FAA Bill, 80,000 People Could Be Out of Workmore

  If 80,000 people are out of work when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) runs out of spending authority...

Study: U.S. Has Weakest Labor Protections Among Rich Nationsmore

  A new international comparison makes it clear just how weak  protections are for working people in the United States.

Estelle Carol Wins UCS Poster Contestmore

  Update: You can now buy this award-winning poster (at left). The full-color, 13” x 19” poster (union-printed on...

Georgetown University Workers, Students Build a Union and Communitymore

  Seth Newton Patel at the Kalmanovitz initiative for Labor and the Working Poor sends us this report on the...

"The Rule of Law" Doesn't Count When It Comes To Union-Busti...more

   This is an incredible waste of time, since this will not become law--at least while the Democrats control the White...

Experts: Let Deficit Grow to Stimulate Economymore

The road to economic growth and a full recovery lies in allowing the deficit to grow temporarily and investing in...

N.H. Speaker Fails Again to Override ‘Right to Work’ Vetomore

  AFL-CIO communications staffer Nora Frederickson sends us this report from New Hampshire. Following weeks of...

Nurses Tell Wall Street: Pay Debt to Main Streetmore

More than 1,000 nurses from National Nurses United (NNU) are in San Francisco for the union’s annual convention that...

Siouxland Food Bank Fills Big Need in Nation’s Heartlandmore

Mike Peters, AFL-CIO community services liaison for the Northwest Iowa Labor Council, reports on the Siouxland  Food...

How Republicans Crippled the United States Postal Servicemore

This is a cross-post by Karl Frisch. “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, stays these couriers from...

Organizing 2.0 Offers Free Communications, Organizing Consultationsmore

Throughout September, Organizing 2.0, the online collective of communicators and online organizers working for unions...

Nurses Sick over ‘Let Him Die’ Moment at Republican Debatemore

This week’s Republican debate has now achieved perverse fame for the “Let him die” moment that occurred when the...

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  • PRWeb: Society Hispanic
  • The Economist: Full print edition
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