Labor
Philadelphia principals join teachers to slam mass layoffs
June 15, 2011Hundreds of school employees and supporters packed the meeting of the School Reform Commission to protest the district's announced 1,500 layoffs.
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Night of the living unions!
June 15, 2011As part of the 4th annual Chicago Zombie March, members from UNITE HERE Local 1 applied some face paint and walked the picket line in front of the Congress Hotel.
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Labor board: Employers must prove hardship claims
June 13, 2011The top enforcement official of the National Labor Relations Board is telling his regional officers to look at employers' "inability to pay" claims and at specific union demands for financial data, simultaneously.
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Iranians release bus drivers union leader
June 10, 2011The leader of the independent bus drivers union in Tehran, Iran, was released on bond from Iranian prisons.
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Iraqi youth activists released from detention
June 8, 2011The four charged that they had been arrested for participating in demonstrations calling for political reform, ending corruption and providing services to the people.
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