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Washington State Boeing Workers Accept Pension Concessions
Mike Elk: Boeing workers' new contract is a blow to worker pensions nationwide.
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Mine Featured in “Coal” Reality TV Show Cited for Labor Law Violations
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against Cobalt Coal and two other entities, charging that the companies subverted unions in pursuit of profit.
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Public Sector Unions Win When They Preach “Tax the Rich“
Washington's much-hyped federal budget deal offers little relief for public employees.
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On Heels of Brazil-Wide Protests, Aerospace Strikers Win Pay Raise
Brazil's labor laws are better than ours. Unions are allowed everywhere and workers vote by region and sector on which union will represent them.
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2013 in Review: Aiming Higher, Labor Tries New Angles and Alliances
Unions tried new angles on organizing - some promising, others vaguer.
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Will Boeing Workers Nix Givebacks in Forced Re-Vote?
The vote by this large industrial workforce could be a last stand for private-sector pensions for new hires.
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Advice for Young Women: Get a Union Job
Whether they're soldering on an assembly line or educating the next generation of young professionals or rallying in the street for a decent contract, union women are everywhere.
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“1913 Massacre” Film Takes a Trip Back to Calumet a Century After a Christmas Eve Tragedy
Producers of the new documentary, ‘1913 Massacre,’ Louis Galdieri and Ken Ross, talk about their movie and the tragic deaths of 74 at a union Christmas Eve party sponsored …
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Setback for Scalia in Attempt to Curtail Labor Rights
A SCOTUS pass on reviewing a lower court's labor decision leaves intact, for now, one of the few effective ways unions have for organizing traditional workplaces.
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DC Workers Win $11.50 Minimum Wage Increase
About 90,000 workers will earn a higher minimum wage in DC, Montgomery and Prince George counties in Maryland.