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Unions turn up the heat on Colombia trade

June 22, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

With the Republicans poised to write draft legislation affirming the controversial trade pact between the U.S. and Colombia, labor stepped up its drive against the agreement.

“Winkler County nurses” win another victory

June 22, 2011 By Vivian Weinstein

Whistle-blower nurses from Winkler County, Texas, won a victory with the conviction of County Sheriff Robert Roberts.

Administration clashes with government workers

June 22, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The Obama administration and the American Federation of Government Employees are clashing over collective bargaining rights for thousands of health care workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Panel pushes end to secrecy on women’s pay

June 21, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Rampant secrecy about pay, often written into employers' rules and "employee handbooks," helps fuel pay discrimination against women on the job, a panel of equal pay advocates says.

Push for 1 million Ohioans against SB 5

June 21, 2011 By Bruce Bostick

We Are Ohio announced Friday that 714,000 signatures had already been collected, more than triple the required amount, in the drive to repeal the anti-worker law.