Labor
San Diego: land of day laborers, farm workers and guest workers
November 3, 2009In Oceanside, Carlsbad, Del Mar and north San Diego County, immigrant day laborers wait by the side of the road, hoping a contractor will stop and offer them work.
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Bush administration federal rules bite the dust
November 2, 2009Included in the new defense law signed by President Obama on Oct. 29 is a provision that ends, by 2012, the anti-labor "National Security Personnel System" started by President Bush.
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French and U.S. labor fight plant closing in France
November 2, 2009American union members joined workers from the French union federationto demonstrate against Molex Inc in Lisle, Ill. Video included.
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“No contract, no work,” says Philadelphia transport union
October 30, 2009Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 234 has voted to authorized a strike at the end of this week, if continuing negotiations do not result in a contract by October 31
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Coming back to the NLRB’s core mission
October 29, 2009The son of an Iowa coal miner is pleased that the United States has moved closer now to enforcing a piece of the law that has too often been ignored.
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