Labor
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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Labor tries new tactic after defeat at Walmart
June 25, 2012Civil rights groups and sympathetic lawmakers were prompted to draft legislation creating an alternative route for workers to get justice against Walmart.
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