unions
Unions were California’s election game-changer
November 24, 2010California's labor movement was the game-changer in the state's Democratic election sweep.
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Amy Dean: Labor must build “to challenge power”
November 19, 2010To re-build the American labor movement we “can’t use the same tired old strategies and tactics,” Amy B. Dean told union members and community activists here at the Friends of the People’s World 7th Annual ‘Working...
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Republicans target labor
November 16, 2010Before the dust had settled on the 2010 elections, the Chamber of Commerce, the corporate-secret-donor political action committees and the far right began to move into attack mode against the labor movement. After all, they expect...
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Shop Talk – Hollywood, jobs and jail
November 12, 2010Stubborn joblessness persists, Piedmont goes union, AFSCME Prez to retire, Iranian bus drivers jailed, Stop stringing us along!, Hyatt housekeepers sue in 12 cities, A win for dealers at Wynn Casino, AFTRA, SAG reach agreements, Paul...
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CEO, with no education background, to run NYC schools
November 11, 2010Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Cathleen Black to head New York schools.
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