Pensions
Unions scramble to aid victims in Detroit bankruptcy filing
July 26, 2013WASHINGTON - Union leaders, both in Detroit and nationally, blasted the decision of Detroit's state-appointed financial czar to file for bankruptcy for the 750,000-person Motor City, even as they scrambled to try to help their members...
Read morePatriot Coal walkout on talks forces miners to consider strike
June 13, 2013TRIANGLE, Va. (PAI) - Workers at Patriot Coal Co., which is now undergoing bankruptcy reorganization, will have to prepare for a strike authorization vote after firm managers walked out of talks on a settlement on June...
Read moreJudge OKs Patriot Coal plan to renege on miners’ pensions
June 3, 2013A federal bankruptcy judge in St. Louis has left Patriot Coal's retirees - whom it inherited from Peabody Energy and Arch Coal - high and dry, and said Patriot could dump its union contracts, too.
Read moreVenezuela to pay pensions to full-time mothers
May 28, 2013The Chavistas' new labor law gives "recognition to non-salaried work traditionally done by women," part of the struggle towards economic redistribution.
Read moreToday in labor history: Debs imprisoned
May 22, 2013Labor activist Eugene V. Debs was imprisoned May 22, 1895, for his role in the Pullman strike.
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