Labor
“Greed on steroids” at Missouri water company
June 9, 2011American Water made $268 million in profits last year and paid its top seven executives a combined $12.5 million, but wants big cuts from workers, the union says.
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Unions and the middle class: What’s in a name?
June 8, 2011Defending the middle class has become a central theme in labor's fightback.
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Service employees join suit vs. Georgia’s anti-immigrant law
June 8, 2011Call Georgia's anti-immigrant law "racial profiling" that threatens to turn Georgia into "a police state."
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Federal agency to probe Delta flight attendants vote
June 8, 2011The National Mediation Board acted in response to evidence brought by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
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Peru’s left candidate Humala wins presidency by a nose
June 7, 2011Left-wing candidate Ollanta Humala of the "Gana Peru" coalition won by a nose over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of disgraced strongman Alberto Fujimori.
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