Labor
Long Beach caregivers strike for safer working conditions
July 3, 2013Mental health caregivers at La Casa Mental Health Rehabilitation Center in Long Beach, California went on five-day strike last week to protest unfair labor practices.
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Striking rapid transit, city workers rally in Oakland, Calif.
July 2, 2013Striking Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and Oakland city workers protested what they said were management's refusal to increase wages and demands for givebacks, despite rising revenues.
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Today in labor history: Jobs slashed throughout U.S.
July 2, 2013The job losses occurred in nearly every sector of the economy, but manufacturing and construction businesses were hit particularly hard.
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As health care exchanges near launch, labor braces for impact
July 2, 2013Now, four months before the law's mandated state insurance exchanges launch, it appears that while some union members will benefit, others face potential harm.
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Today in labor history: Streetcar strike births po’ boy sandwich
July 1, 2013Some 1,100 streetcar workers strike in New Orleans on July 1, 1929, spurring the creation of the po' boy sandwich.
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