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AFL-CIO prez: Labor must reach out to survive

January 21, 2011 By Press Associates

DETROIT - Saying the labor movement has become too small and too inward-looking to defeat corporate power by itself, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told the Auto Workers legislative conference that unions must build wider coalitions to...

Colombian labor leader seeks trade pact delay

January 21, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON (PAI) - Congress should delay the proposed U.S.-Colombia "free trade" agreement until a key Colombian law that leads to workers' oppression changes and law enforcement there improves, a top Colombian union leader says.

Honeywell lockout threatens thousands in Illinois and Kentucky

January 21, 2011 By Scott Marshall

United Steelworkers local 7-669 and the Steelworkers international Union issued a well researched report this week outlining the health and safety hazards posed by the use of scab replacement workers to operate Honeywell's Metropolis Illinois plant.

Workers celebrate victory over Starbucks

January 20, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Members of the Starbucks Workers Union held demonstrations at branches of the coffee shop giant across Manhattan on Jan. 17, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as they've done for years. This year, the union had something...

Mortgage bankers flee as workers march into meeting

January 20, 2011 By John Wojcik

The bankers' summit was interrupted after the workers, who overwhelmed security guards with their sheer numbers, marched into the room, passing stunned bankers.