Labor
World labor today
July 19, 2010Last month's congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), in Vancouver, Canada was an eye-opener. Labor in every country to shift gears and rethink how to fight. But this congress gave a clear picture of...
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Cheers for our side!
July 12, 2010Cheers and jeers: Frogs and workers? Texas turning blue? Republicans going Green? Obama a Communist? and more.
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Missouri labor gears up for elections
July 1, 2010"We represent the workers of this state," Labor Council President Bob Soutier told union leaders and political candidates here at a Labor 2010 Kick-off meeting.
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Thousands of AFSCME members rock Boston’s ‘Cradle of Freedom’
July 1, 2010Thousands of state and local government employees rocked the 'Cradle of Freedom' here when they staged a peaceful takeover on June 30 of the historic Boston Common.
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Labor Department aids workers displaced by BP’s oil spill
June 30, 2010The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an award of $27 million in National Emergency Grants to four key Gulf Coast states to assist workers displaced by BP's oil spill. Photo: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Infrogmation
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