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Another oil rig explodes

September 2, 2010 By John Wojcik

Another offshore oil rig exploded and burned in the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 2, 80 miles south of the Louisiana coast.

Unions shape Missouri Senate race: GOP/Wall Street vs. everybody else

September 2, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky

ST. LOUIS - "The right wing wants to keep America from succeeding; they want to keep the president from succeeding; they want to keep us from succeeding."

Mott’s strike takes national stage

September 2, 2010 By Dan Margolis

As of August 30, the 300 workers at the Mott's plant in Williamson, N.Y., have been on strike for 100 days.

Business campaigns against EFCA in fall contests

September 2, 2010 By Joe Sims

As Labor Day approaches, business groups are throwing big money into ad campaigns to undermine pro-labor candidates.

N.Y. transit union pickets UPS, backs Turkish workers

September 2, 2010 By Gary Bono

New York City union members converged outside United Parcel Service's midtown Manhattan office Sept. 1 for an informational picket line on labor rights issues in Turkey.