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A look behind the housing crisis
August 31, 2007Close to a million families lost their homes last year. This year, it will likely be 2 million. There were 25,000 layoffs in the mortgage industry in the first three weeks of August. Building supply and...
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Autoworkers and national health care
August 31, 2007Back in the 1950s, Charles Wilson, then GM’s president, declared, “What’s good for General Motors is good for America.” Reeking with more arrogance than corporate benevolence, the quote certainly doesn’t apply anymore, if it ever did....
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR: Sept. 1
August 31, 2007Workers ‘very happy’ on their jobs! We were hoping for some good news and that’s just what we got this week from a research outfit that works for some of the nation’s biggest nonunion companies. Just...
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N.Y. transit union spurs fight for safety
August 31, 2007NEW YORK — In June the New York Legislature passed a measure sponsored by the Transport Workers Union designed to enhance the safety of union members and all workers who toil in proximity to the moving...
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Casino workers talk union
August 31, 2007Talk of union is running high in the world’s largest casino located in southeastern Connecticut. Since opening 15 years ago, Foxwoods, which employs 12,000, has become the biggest private employer in the state. Most of the...
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