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Danville IKEA workers voting today on union

July 27, 2011 By John Wojcik

An election today at IKEA's Swedwood furniture plant will determine whether workers at the plant will have a union to represent them.

NFL owners and players agree on new labor deal

July 27, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

After a 4-and-a-half month lockout in the National Football League, players and owners finally agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement.

Employers cheat workers and the tax man

July 26, 2011

Construction companies are cheating the state out of as much as $175 million a year, according to a commentary by the Texas AFL-CIO.

Longshore workers battle union-buster (video)

July 26, 2011 By Tim Wheeler And Teresa Albano

EGT, an international consortium in Longview, Wash., is privatizing a public dock, owned by the Port of Longview, and bringing in scab labor to bust the workers' local longshore union.

Youth spirit sparks Asian American labor meet

July 26, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

APALA's largest convention ever celebrated outstanding achievements in the fight to stop wage theft and to uphold the rights of immigrant and low-wage workers, and looked ahead to the continuing struggle for good jobs and labor...