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Caterpillar workers strike against take back contract

May 10, 2012 By John Bachtell

Nearly 800 workers at a Caterpillar plant have been on strike since May 1 after the company refused to back off a far reaching concessionary contract proposal.

Twin Cities hospital strike vote scheduled

May 10, 2012 By Barb Kucera

Members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota will vote whether to authorize a strike at eight Twin Cities hospitals.

OSHA warns bosses on summer heat

May 10, 2012 By Special to People’s World

There's a very simple way for employers to avoid having their workers keel over from heat exhaustion or die from heat stroke: "Water, rest, and shade."

University of Oregon backs off attack on union

May 10, 2012 By Stefan Ostrach

A new faculty union was certified by the Oregon Employment Relations Board shortly after the university's administration dropped legal objections it had filed.

Two big unions turn up heat in presidential race

May 10, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

With the presidential campaign in full swing following President Obama's formal re-election announcement, two top unions jumped in hard.