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Recent Entries:


  • Dine Out Ethically: Find Out Which Restaurants Treat Their Employees Right


  • Ass NBA union: No deal; no fear of ultimatum, either


  • Aussie court hears Qantas case as fliers scramble


  • NBA labor talks turn nasty as negotiations end


  • NFL concussion saga moves to new phase: Litigation


  • NBA negotiations last 16 hours; more talks planned


  • Chrysler, UAW agree on new contract


  • No Deal: NBA cancels first two weeks of season


  • Negotiators meeting on deadline day in NBA talks


  • October Labor Update!


  • Calif. grocery workers OK deal; strike averted


  • GM Will Raise Entry-Level Wage by $2 to $3 Per Hour


  • General Motors Is Said to Offer Bonuses and Reopened Plant


  • GM, UAW agree on new 4-year contract


  • Longshoremen in Washington walk off the job


  • UAW Wants Higher Wages for New Auto Workers


  • Union hits Citigroup over rate hikes


  • Growing Factory Occupations Threaten to Break the Banks


  • Grand Theft Auto: How Stevie the Rat Bankrupted GM


  • UAW says it has reached deal with GM, government


  • AT&T and union talks continue past deadline


  • 7,500 G.M. Workers Accept Latest Buyout


  • Specter deals heavy blow to card-check


  • Union OKs strike at AT&T; contracts end April 4


  • Minn. colleges reach tentative labor agreement


  • Labor Union Bill Raises Broader Capitalism Issues


  • AT&T hopes to gain concessions from unions


  • UAW members begin voting on Ford contract


  • Iron Range loses 590 jobs at Minntac


  • AP sources: UAW deal cuts bonuses, some raises


  • AP source: GM, UAW close to deal as deadline nears


  • Bus Your Own Table


  • Dems to introduce controversial card check bill ‘soon’


  • Will there be jobs for newly-trained nurses?


  • Barack and Michelle Obama lead celebration of new equal pay law


  • Wal-Mart Workers in Minnesota Win $54 Million Settlement


  • Chicago workers end sit-in at closed factory


  • Workers win a big round in Chicago factory sit-in


  • Chicago workers’ sit-in becomes rallying point


  • U.A.W. Makes Concessions to Help Automakers


  • Screen Actors Guild to seek strike authorization


  • Machinists union ratifies pact with Boeing


  • Contract talks fail; machinists strike Boeing Co.


  • Qwest, union talk contract ahead of conventions


  • Actors’ union, theater producers reach agreement


  • Delta, Northwest pilots reach tentative deal


  • Southeast Central Labor Council AFL-CIO Meeting June 19th


  • Boeing shifting cost of health care onto technical workers’ families


  • GM Shutters 3 More Plants Due to Strike


  • Food workers union endorses Obama, service employees union may be next