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Over 800 youth converge in Minneapolis for AFL-CIO Next Up Summit

October 11, 2011 By Joshua Leclair

This year's AFL-CIO Next Up Summit Sept. 29 - Oct. had a very different flavor. Unlike the 2010 summit, this conference was lead and organized by young union members from across the country.

Unionists lobby vs. trade pacts

October 10, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Unionists face uphill odds in battling against so-called U.S. "free trade" pacts with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.

Occupy Chicago and labor join in taking aim at Wall Street (with video)

October 10, 2011 By John Wojcik

Occupy Chicago protesters adopted two official demands: Repeal the Bush tax cuts for the rich and prosecute "Wall Street Criminals."

California hotel ordered to shell out $36,000 in back pay

October 7, 2011 By Blake Skylar

An Embassy Suites hotel was found guilty of denying required paid rest breaks to seven of its workers, and has been ordered to pay each of them about $5,000.

Official jobless rate stays at 9.1 percent

October 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Private businesses claimed that they added 137,000 new jobs, but 33 percent of those were Communications Workers and Electrical Workers, who returned to their posts after calling off the strike.