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Armored vehicle operators form union, demand respect
October 18, 2011The union's slogan is "United we bargain, divided we beg."
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Shocking report shows tax break created no jobs
October 18, 2011The big tax break of 2004 - which the then-sitting Congress and the Bush administration promised would bring jobs and revamp the economy - did little more than stuff $300 billion into the pockets of the...
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Arbitrator to two metal workers’ unions: merge
October 18, 2011A neutral arbitrator ordered the presidents of the Sheet Metal Workers and the United Transportation Union to resume talks on implementing the planned merger of the two unions, by Oct. 25.
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Occupy Wall Street solidarity stopped Zuccotti Park eviction
October 18, 2011When NYC Mayor Bloomberg announced the "cleanup" of Zuccotti Park for Oct. 14 at 6 a.m, thousands of people including many union members - transit workers, teachers, Teamsters, communications workers - showed up in the early...
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Thousands demanding jobs jam Oakland streets
October 18, 2011Students, unionists, environmentalists, elected officials, anti-foreclosure activists and retirees joined hands to demand: Jobs not cuts, Work not war!
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