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New ILO study emphasizes possible impact of global economic crisis on forced labour
May 14, 2009Brussels, 12 May 2009: The ITUC has welcomed a new ILO Global Report on forced labour worldwide, which will be submitted to the ILO’s annual International Labour Conference in Geneva in June.
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Veterans keep up the pressure for Employee Free Choice
May 14, 2009Montana military veterans visited Senate offices in Missoula, Billings and Great Falls over the past week, encouraging Sen. Jon Tester to support the Employee Free Choice Act, a critical bill to restore the freedom to form...
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Cheerios and cholesterol — don’t believe the hype, FDA warns
May 13, 2009If you are eating Cheerios because you believe that it will dramatically lower your cholesterol, then forget about it.
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Good election news for labor in Texas
May 13, 2009Reports from the three large Texas cities which held local elections May 9 are good news for labor. The Dallas AFL-CIO endorsed 6 candidates for City Council. Five of them won outright and the sixth goes...
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Hartmarx workers vote to sit in if Wells Fargo closes their factory
May 13, 2009DES PLAINES, Ill. — Hundreds of union workers packed a lunchroom at the Hart Schaffner & Marx manufacturing plant here May 11 and voted unanimously to stage a sit-in at their factory if a new owner...
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