Labor
NFL lockout threat is about greed, union leaders say
November 19, 2010Sparks are flying between National Football League players and their union on one side and NFL owners on the other as the threat of a lockout looms for next year.
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U.S. official: We need independent labor media
November 19, 2010WASHINGTON - The mainstream media has become so biased against working people that even a federal agency can't get its message out, says a senior Department of Labor official.
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Amy Dean: Labor must build “to challenge power”
November 19, 2010To re-build the American labor movement we “can’t use the same tired old strategies and tactics,” Amy B. Dean told union members and community activists here at the Friends of the People’s World 7th Annual ‘Working...
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Trumka: more jobs solve deficit crisis
November 19, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka is strongly reiterating the position that creation of more jobs will increase revenues and thus solve the nation's deficit and debt crisis.
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Bad news for workers: Kline hates EFCA, opposes tougher OSHA penalties
November 19, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - John Kline, the Republican who will take over the House Education and Labor Committee next year, hates the Employee Free Choice Act and opposes tougher penalties for job safety and health violations.
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