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Arbitrator backs union in hospital dispute
A third-party arbitrator has rejected the objections of Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center over a union election. The decision, announced Tuesday, means nearly 300 registered nurses will be represented by the California Nurses Association.
2008-05-06
Hospital Security Officers Launch Statewide Strike To Protest Unfair Labor Practices
Hundreds of security officers responsible for protecting patients and staff at Kaiser medical facilities throughout the state launched an unprecedented three-day strike today to protest unfair labor practices by employer Inter-Con Security.
2008-05-06
Janitors' union talks strike over two-tier labor contract
After months of negotiations, the union representing 1,800 janitors in San Diego County is turning up the volume on strike talks in an effort to end a two-tiered labor contract system.
2008-05-03
Clashes mark May Day in Turkey
Riot police in Turkey have clashed with labour activists trying to gather in Istanbul's Taksim square to celebrate May Day.
2008-05-01
U.S. Unemployment Benefit Rolls Climb to 4-Year High
The number of Americans receiving unemployment insurance climbed to a four-year high, a sign of a weakening labor market as employers remain reluctant to hire. First-time claims for jobless benefits also rose.
2008-05-01
Union wants to 'know what's going on' with city layoffs
Atlanta union leaders said Tuesday that any layoffs of city employees should include the same percentage of upper-level management as lower-paid workers. Leaders of the 357-member Professional Association of City Employees said they suspect city officials will instead let go a higher percentage of non-supervisory employees to help balance a budget expected to have a $140 million shortfall.
2008-04-29
Longshore union strikes against war
On Thursday, May Day, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union will declare an eight-hour strike to protest the war in Iraq. Since the ILWU controls every port along the U.S. Pacific Coast, including Seattle and Tacoma, this strike demonstrates the collective power of workers willing to use it.
2008-04-29
May Day row stirs tension in Turkey
Tensions ran high between the Turkish government and trade unions ahead of May Day Thursday as demonstrations were banned at an iconic square in Istanbul, the scene of bloodshed three decades ago.
2008-04-29
May Day 2008 Statement from the Iraqi Labour Movement To the Workers and All Peace Loving People of the World
On this day of international labour solidarity we call on our fellow trade unionists and all those worldwide who have stood against war and occupation to increase support for our struggle for freedom from occupation - both the military and economic.
2008-04-29
They've Got A Union
Workers at a West River laundry plant ended a year-and-a-half-long labor struggle with a climactic vote.
2008-04-28
Union says rally successful
Adrian King, president of UAW Local 235, said Thursday's rally at the headquarters of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. was successful despite the arrest of one UAW member. "It was a very peaceful demonstration," King said. But while peaceful, it was also tense. At times, protesters blocked entrances to the company's parking lots by walking in front of cars and yelling at drivers.
2008-04-27
Longtime labor activist keeps on with GE fight
SCHENECTADY, NY -- The General Electric workers trickled out of the factory Thursday and headed toward the island in front of the company's sprawling Schenectady campus, where they joined the aging retirees who have rallied here for years. Holding signs that say "COLA NOW" and "Current Guaranteed Minimum Pensions," the group marched slowly in a circle.
2008-04-20
UAW threatens another strike
WARREN, Mich. -- General Motors Corp. dodged one strike at a key factory Friday, but the United Auto Workers threatened to walk out at the main plant that builds the hot-selling Chevrolet Malibu.
2008-04-19
Auto Workers Fight 50 Percent Pay Cut Demand
Holbrook Avenue is a busy thoroughfare stretching from I-75 to downtown Hamtramck, a small town enclosed on all sides by Detroit. Cars honk in support of striking members of UAW Local 235 as they pass five picket lines filled 24 hours a day on both sides of the street along the large American Axle and Manufacturing (AAM) complex.
2008-04-15
Longshoremen to close ports on West Coast to protest war
. . . dockworkers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have decided to stop work for eight hours in all U.S. West Coast ports on May 1, International Workers' Day, to call for an end to the war.
2008-04-09
Truckers shut down, protest high gas prices
Chris Evans remembers the good ole' days of truck driving, not too long ago, when diesel prices were about two dollars a gallon
2008-04-04
State labor board rules against Hampton firefighter union
The town did not commit an unfair labor practice when it laid off four firefighters in 2005 "due to lack of funds." The state Public Employee Labor Relations Board last week denied the firefighters union claim that the positions were cut in what they referred to a case of "political payback."
2008-04-04
Housing troubles immobilize U.S. labor
Dr. Michele Morgan migrated last fall from Detroit to Phoenix, taking a job as a psychiatrist. She expected her husband, Sam Kirkland, to join her soon, since he was accepting an early-retirement package from his employer, General Motors. But he cannot move, he says, because he has not been able to sell the four-bedroom family home.
2008-04-03
American Axle strike tipping the nation closer to a recession
At the beginning of this year, it seemed like Detroit's great labor battles were over, after industry-changing deals at the Detroit automakers and the likes of parts giant Delphi Corp
2008-03-30
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