Labor
Paperworkers end strike, resume talks with Nippon
March 26, 2013Union paperworkers walked their picket line round-the-clock last week demanding that Nippon Paper resume "good faith" contract talks. They ended the walkout when the company came back to the bargaining table.
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Letter carriers rally for six day delivery
March 25, 2013Chanting "five days no, six days yes," over 500 Connecticut letter carriers, family members and supporters gathered for a noon-time rally on the New Haven Green.
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“Five day, no way,” postal workers say!
March 25, 2013The chant came loud and clear: "Five day, no way." At the Post Office here and all across the nation, postal worker unions turned out in huge numbers.
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SF Symphony strikers protest out-of-tune execs
March 22, 2013SAN FRANCISCO - Tired of prolonged stalling by management, over 100 musicians of the San Francisco Symphony - one of the country's top symphony orchestras - entered the second week of a strike with a March...
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Sequester cuts mean idle planes, poultry plants and VA offices, says AFGE
March 22, 2013Some 250 AFGE members and supporters rallied outside Republican U.S. Senator Roy Blunt's office in St. Louis, March 20, to protest the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts to vital social services and the military, known as...
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