Labor
Pratt & Whitney “defies court order” with layoffs
February 24, 2010Machinists charge Pratt & Whitney defies a court order with a surprise announcement to lay off more workers.
Read moreAt the last minute, supermarket janitors win contract
February 23, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - On the eve of a scheduled strike vote, the janitors who keep Safeway supermarkets clean around northern California have won a new contract preserving their health and pension benefits and raising the base...
Read moreMachinists union creates website to organize nation’s unemployed
February 23, 2010A new website nicknamed UCubed aims to unite over 31 million unemployed Americans to get organized, build power and fight together with the labor movement for jobs and economic recovery.
Read moreFederal labor law regulator hits GOP on filibuster
February 19, 2010The chair of the National Labor Relations Board yesterday came closer to taking an openly pro-labor stand than has any federal regulator in history when she blasted the "political paralysis" fostered by the GOP.
Read moreLabor presses White House on NLRB nominees
February 18, 2010Last week the Republicans filibustered and effectively killed President Obama's nomination of Craig Becker, a long-time pro-labor lawyer. The AFL-CIO is not happy.
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