Labor
Former pilots president nominated to head Federal Aviation Administration
April 1, 2009Capt. Randy Babbitt, who spent 25 years in the cockpit beginning with Eastern Airlines and served two terms as president of the Air Line Pilots (ALPA), was nominated last week by President Obama to take over...
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Union discord is exception rather than rule
March 31, 2009Some good news came recently under the category of labor unity. The Service Employees and the California Nurses Association have ended a yearlong jurisdictional dispute, agreeing to work together to unionize hospital workers and push for...
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Millions of auto jobs hang on governments GM, Chrysler decision
March 31, 2009Reposted from www.laborradio.org As millions of workers whose jobs depend on them anxiously await government action this week on more loans for GM and Chrysler, President Obama is expected to announce that more money will flow...
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10,000 flight attendants at Southwest voting on new contract
March 29, 2009The nearly 10,000 flight attendants at Southwest Airlines—members of Transportation Workers (TWU) Local 556—are voting on a new four-year agreement that includes a number of improvements, including pay raises.
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Economic blackmail
March 28, 2009Original source: Corporate opponents of workers’ freedom to form unions repeatedly have shown they are not interested in the welfare of their employees or any of the pseudo-lofty ideals they cite while fighting the Employee Free...
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