Labor News

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Workers will see a recovery?

Demands are growing to use leftover bailout money to provide jobs for the unemployed.

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Albuquerque teachers rally against budget cuts

In a major effort by the Albuquerque Teachers Federation backed by New Mexico labor unions and parents, the federation is planning a huge march and rally at the state capitol to prevent a second round of budget cuts. The march and rally planned for Friday, October 9th, has as its main theme reversing tax cuts for the wealthiest.

New Yorkers rally for paid sick leave

Hundreds rally to support City Council bill.

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New York City’s TWU Local 100 rallies for a contract

A New York labor giant takes it to the streets.

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America needs warriors for justice

The times call for a new kind of  leadership says an AFL-CIO official.

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Hundreds rally to stop Chrysler plant closing

Auto workers rally to save their jobs.

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William (Bill) Adelman remembered

A life of devotion to the pursuit of labor history came to an abrupt end on Sept. 15 with the death of William J Adelman, a founder of the Illinois Labor History Society and its vice president.

Unions mark gains under Obama

Union leaders and members are saying that eight months into the Obama administration it is clear that labor’s unprecedented investment in the effort to support the election of the president and a 60 vote Democratic majority in the Senate is paying off.

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Sugar company to blame for deaths, federal agency says

Agency blames suguar company and the Bush administration for worker deaths.

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