Labour Unions

Obama Union Rules

A federal agency rips up 75 years of labor policy. The National Mediation Board, which oversees labor relations in the air and rail industry, this month moved to overturn 75 years of labor policy. This radical break with...

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Massive Strike at University of California, Berkeley

Students occupy building in protest of tuition increases and worker layoffs BERKELEY, Calif.—Amidst rally cries, a crowd of several hundred students, faculty, workers, and union representatives gathered outside UC Berkeley's...

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Transport workers OK’s contract with SEPTA

By Robert Moran INQUIRER STAFF WRITER With none of the dramatics that marked their bitter, six-day strike against SEPTA, transit workers today voted overwhelmingly to approve a new five-year contract. Members of the Transport...

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Riled Red Rocket riders ready to unite

The people who drive the buses already have a union. Now there's a movement afoot to create one for TTC riders. In a week punctuated by token hoarding, a fare hike and a six-hour subway disruption comes the suggestion that a...

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SEPTA workers approve five-year contract

By Robert Moran Inquirer Staff Writer With none of the dramatics that marked their bitter, six-day strike against SEPTA, transit workers voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve a new five-year contract. Members of Transport...

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Philly transit union ratifies labor pact that was reached following strike

Minnesota business by the numbers See Minnesota's top earning companies, CEOs and non-profits PHILADELPHIA - A labor agreement for Philadelphia transit workers has been ratified overwhelmingly by union members. Transport...

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Another side of the Berlin Wall

Twenty years ago, a labor organization was on strike under very difficult conditions. But everything written above also applies to the German Democratic Republic –socialist East Germany–and the fall of the Berlin Wall a few...

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Bakery union protests at Wendy's

BY KATHY THOMPSON • Staff Writer • November 21, 2009 ZANESVILLE -- Members of the Bakers Local 57, Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers International Union picketed the three Wendy's restaurants in Zanesville...

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The union that hates the Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts' motto is: Be prepared. Who knew it meant preparing to de fend themselves against union thuggery? Kids, pay attention: This is a teachable moment for all of you on power, politics and Big Labor's culture of...

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3 lessons for S'poreans to learn from the way downturn was handled, says Shanmugam

By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 21 November 2009 1711 hrs SINGAPORE: According to Law Minister K Shanmugam, there are three lessons for Singaporeans to take away from the way the Government, employers and unions...

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