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A review of Iraqi labor unions under U.S. occupation.
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Few government employees have more important responsibilities than the federal air traffic controllers whose primary job is to protect the safety of the ever-growing number of air travelers. Yet...
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Among the actions the SEIU International Executive Board (IEB) may take is transferring 65,000 long-term care workers in California, against their will, from UHW into a new statewide entity with...
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On Aug. 31, the light-rail train from Minneapolis to the Mall of America was boisterous. During the ride, several dozen Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) members - known as Wobblies - belted...
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Rarely has a nominee for any cabinet post drawn such widespread praise as President-elect Obama's choice for secretary of labor - and for good reason: Hilda Solis has the potential of returning the...
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Cabinet minister issues stark warning of carnage for private and public sectors as employers delay huge redundancies until the new year.
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The National Union of Mineworkers, Steelworkers, Steelmakers and Allied Workers of the Mexican Republic (SNTMMSSRM) is being subjected to fierce repression by the fraudulent government of Felipe...
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On Dec. 11, Smithfield workers were not just celebrating a vote count. They'd just defeated one of the longest, most bitter anti-union campaigns in modern U.S. labor history.
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President George W. Bush announced on Dec. 19 a $17.4 billion bridge loan for General Motors and Chrysler, a day after he hinted that the companies could be forced into "orderly" bankruptcy.
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The $17.4 billion in loans for GM and Chrysler is not going to be enough to rescue the industry -- but it will keep these companies going until the next administration takes office.
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You certainly wouldn't think that most Americans approve of unions. After all, only about 12 percent of those who work for a living are union members.
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A growing mass of people in California, where the housing bubble soared seemingly to the sky and then plunged rapidly to earth, are out of work and seeking employment due to the deepening downturn....
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The global financial crisis deepens, with more than 10 million in the U.S. out of work, according to the Department of Labor. Unemployment hit 6.7 percent in November. Add the 7.3 million...
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The rise and fall of Teamster reformer Ron Carey, who died December 11, is still a much contested tale. His political demise, a decade ago, was a tragedy for some and a case of hypocrisy punished...
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Reading about the involvement of SEIU International vice-president Tom Balanoff in wire-tapped conversations leading to the arrest of Rod Blagojevich on Dec. 9, I was struck by a related headline...
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As Americans respond to President-elect Obama call for town hall meetings on reform the American health care system, an understanding of how that system came to be the way it is can be crucial for...
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In their last obstruction, Mitch "Dr. No" McConnell's Senate Republicans blocked a bridge loan for the auto companies, unwilling even to sustain them long enough for a new administration to sculpt...
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It's way past time for Congress to come to the aid of the medical residents who are among our most important providers of hospital care. The young doctors-in-training are being forced to work 80...
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They could have given the loan on the condition that the automakers start building only cars and mass transit that reduce our dependency on oil.
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Interview on Obama, Chicago workers strike, and more...
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When the day finally comes that Raul Flores loses his job, he will face a bitter search for another one. "I've got a family to support, so I've got to do whatever it takes," he says. "It's going to...
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Nelson Lichtenstein teaches history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he directs the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy. He is the author of "Walter Reuther: The...
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Lee Sustar reports on the workers' big win in a factory occupation that made headlines across the U.S. and inspired union members and activists everywhere.
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A contingent of 15 Chicago aldermen said today they will introduce an ordinance to require the city to stop doing any business with the Bank of America.
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I have to be honest here. I don't understand all the stuff coming across the news media about short selling and bank collapses, but I do understand this. There is a lot of money somewhere in the...
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When the 250 workers at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago were told that the plant was shutting down, they decided to take matters into their own hands. On Friday, December 5, the...
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Itâs only been a month since hundreds of thousands of union members and their families helped Barack Obama win key âbattleground states.â Yet, already, some labor supporters of the...
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A couple of days before Thanksgiving one of my downstairs neighbors matter of factly told me he had lost his job. He'd been abruptly laid off by a local information technology startup company....
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Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian real estate tax-collectors' December 2007 strike for higher wages -- which they won.
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