Labor
Independent union of Merck workers joins OPEIU
June 27, 2012Affiliation with OPEIU will give more strength in representing members as part of the 108,000-member OPEIU and the support of the 13 million members of the AFL-CIO and organized labor
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Hunger strike underway in D.C.
June 26, 2012Planned cuts to the U.S. Postal Service that would cost more than 100,000 active workers their jobs and other cuts, prompted eight retired union Letter Carriers to begin a hunger strike in D.C. on June 25....
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Judge sides with American Airlines, blocks employees’ vote
June 25, 2012CWA spent years contacting the customer service reps at American Airlines and was ready to hold a union election just as management took the company into bankruptcy.
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Biggest public worker union elects new president
June 25, 2012"You provide the safe neighborhoods, you provide the good schools, you provide the hospitals. We owe you!" Biden declared.
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A win, a loss, and a toss-up for labor in Michigan
June 25, 2012Labor won one, lost one, and had one key issue still up in the air in the latest action in the Republican-run Michigan legislature.
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