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Mich. labor gets ready to rumble over GOP’s right-to-work plans

January 13, 2012 By Marty Mulcahy

"Any right-to-work effort in Michigan is going to be met with the fiercest opposition organized labor has ever brought against a single issue," said a building trades leader.

All eyes on 2012 elections at AFL-CIO King holiday observance

January 13, 2012 By John Rummel

"It's a new day, a new labor movement," and "victory can come to the 99 percent if we stand united," said AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker.

Steelworkers: Refinery closings could cause oil shortages in Northeast

January 13, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The union says oil companies' closure of three big refineries in the Philadelphia area - and a plan to demolish one plant if its owner can't find a buyer - could lead to oil shortages in...

French Quarter curfew targets Black youth, critics charge

January 13, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Due to a new law passed in New Orleans, in the French Quarter children 16 and younger must obey an 8 p.m. weekend curfew, replacing a previous curfew of 11 p.m.

Youngstown earthquake hearing reveals public anger, few answers

January 13, 2012 By Joe Sims

"This is a dog-and-pony show," said a dissatisfied resident, among hundreds at a public hearing to investigate the city's 4.0 earthquake on New Year's Eve.