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This Week in Labor

This Week in Labor for 6/21 Most unions now back Obama Unions that were neutral or backing Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries are quickly lining up in the Obama camp. Among those that have just...

Lack of workers rights in U.S. scored by international labor coalition

The International Trades Union Congress, which met June 9-11 in Geneva, assailed the lack of workers’ rights in the United States. The ITUC also called on the World Trade Organization to take up the issue at...

Shades of Green: June 14, 2008

House finally passes bill extending jobless benefits

The Democratic controlled House passed a bill June 12 extending unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 39 weeks in most states and to 52 weeks in states with official unemployment rates of 6 percent or more....

Most unions backing Obama

Unions that were either neutral or backing Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries are rapidly endorsing Barack Obama. Among those announcing this week that they will back Obama are the United Auto Workers, the United Transportation...