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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
January 12, 20071 in 5 activists axed If you’re a union activist in an organizing campaign, you’ve got a one in five chance of getting fired as a result of your activity, according to a report issued Jan....
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Labor to neighbor
January 12, 2007Members of the Community Services Committee of the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO prepare to distribute over 400 Christmas baskets to laid off workers Dec. 16. The committee members include workers from AFSCME, IBEW, IAM, Letter Carriers, Operating...
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The second 100 hours
January 12, 2007Let’s not let the budget deficit be used as an excuse to block legislation to meet the needs of working-class Americans.
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National AFL-CIO honors Dr. King in Houston
January 12, 2007HOUSTON — For the first time, the national AFL-CIO’s observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday will take place in Texas. The AFL-CIO MLK Holiday Observance, a five-day celebration from Jan. 11-15, will highlight Dr....
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WORLD NOTES
January 12, 2007Australia: Unions form global alliances Negotiating with Australian executives of U.S.-based ALCOA company, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) usually came up empty-handed. Decision-making, they learned, takes place in the United States. In December, however, AWU leaders...
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