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Unions scramble to protect pensions in Hostess bankruptcy
January 17, 2012The Bakery Workers, the Teamsters, and other unions representing Hostess Foods employees scrambled to protect their members as the snack food company filed for bankruptcy on Jan. 1.
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Workers file for union recognition at Aer Lingus
January 17, 2012AFA-CWA filed on Jan. 6 with the National Mediation Board for a recognition election among the 53 U.S.-based flight attendants of Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline.
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Voter suppression faces stiff opposition in Florida
January 17, 2012A statement released by the Republican Party of Florida claims they are "closing the gap" on Democrats with new GOP voter registrations. To analyze the facts properly one needs to look beyond the numbers.
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The dream today
January 13, 2012Forty-eight years after his "I Have a Dream" speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would be furious.
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Mich. labor gets ready to rumble over GOP’s right-to-work plans
January 13, 2012"Any right-to-work effort in Michigan is going to be met with the fiercest opposition organized labor has ever brought against a single issue," said a building trades leader.
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