Labor
Labor, allies line up behind new House jobs bill
March 12, 2010Just 24 hours after the new Local Jobs for America Act was introduced into Congress by Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., unions and their allies are lining up to support the legislation which...
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HomeGoods /TJX workers rally for union contract
March 11, 2010Hundreds of HomeGoods / TJX workers with their families and supporters rallied at the company's distribution center here on March 10 to demand a fair contract to improve wages and health insurance benefits.
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Plan to end Saturday mail delivery is un-American
March 10, 2010CHICAGO — Who doesn’t love the smiling letter carrier who hands you the mail, pulls cats out of trees, braves fires, chases away burglars and engages in numberless additional acts of heroism?
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“Arrest insurance execs for criminal activity,” health care supporters demand
March 10, 2010Some 5,000 activists demanding "Health Care Now!" descended on the nation's capital March 9 to call for the arrest of the nation's leading health insurance executives.
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Contract ratified at Cleveland’s MetroHealth
March 10, 2010Declining patient volume due to the economic crisis forced workers at MetroHealth to accept some concessions in a new three-year contract that was ratified Feb. 12.
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