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It’s official: jobless rate in January at 9 percent
February 4, 2011Unemployment dropped in January by .4 percent to 9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. It was the second straight .4 percent monthly decline in the official rate. That was the only good news in...
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Court green lights union pension lawsuit vs. financier
February 4, 2011BOSTON (PAI) - In one of the first cases affecting unions and their members to emerge from Wall Street's financial finagling, a federal appeals court in Boston gave the go-ahead to a class action suit by...
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Obama renominates his pick for labor board
February 4, 2011Obama renominated former top union attorney Craig Becker as a member of the National Labor Relations Board
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Fight against Walmart stepped up
February 4, 2011In rallies nationwide, union members told communities of the retailer's record and urged opposition to Walmart - even if itscaled back from its usual "superstores."
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With rise of Egypt, Glenn Beck’s popularity falls
February 4, 2011In response to the Egyptian uprising, Glenn Beck is getting crazier and more extreme than ever with predictions of a worldwide conflagration and implosion.
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