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Submitted by smw63 on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 8:00am.
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This July 4, there will be lots of speeches about freedom and patriotism. Politicians will talk about the nation's struggle for independence and how we must fight to defend what we have achieved. But especially since the terrorist attacks in 2001, such talk has defined patriotism as fighting terrorism and standing up for the flag—yet it goes no further.
Submitted by smw63 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 2:11pm.
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Barack Obama is the only candidate in the presidential race who is on the side of working people, and we must defeat attempts to divide workers by race and put him in the White House, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka says.
Submitted by smw63 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 2:05pm.
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 | | | First McCain said he doesn't know much about the economy. Lately, he's saying he never said it. Which is it? | | | | | George W. Bush's solution to our nation's economic mess—that his failed policies helped create—is to applaud people who must work three jobs to make ends meet.
Submitted by smw63 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 1:30pm.
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Tax cuts for corporations, coupled with tax hikes and higher health care costs for working families? That’s no way to turn around the economy and the country. Yet, it’s the likely result of John McCain’s economic agenda, according to analysts.
Submitted by smw63 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 10:15am.
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Jobs tanked again in June, with U.S. employers cutting 62,000 jobs, for a sixth consecutive monthly decline, according to the Labor Department today.
Submitted by smw63 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 10:05am.
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Charles Clark, Labor 2008 state director for Indiana, reports on union members’ response to a McCain appearance this week.
Submitted by smw63 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 10:00am.
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With its two leaders still awaiting trial, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has condemned the continuing violence and intimidation of union members in the country as the government of discredited President Robert Mugabe tries to hold on to power. The violence against union members is taking place within a countrywide surge of brutality against Mugabe opponents.
Submitted by smw63 on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 2:40pm.
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In a global economy where multinational companies operate across borders, unions are developing global strategies to better represent their members and sustain the middle class.Today, the United Steelworkers (USW) and Unite, Britain’s largest union, took a giant step in that direction by formally joining together to form the world’s first global union.
Submitted by smw63 on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 2:20pm.
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 | | | Top row from left: Ed Wright, Ironworkers Local 7; James McCallum, former alderman and retired president of Sheet Metal Workers 17; Alderman Robert Trane, Ward 7; Alderman Bill Roche, Ward 1; Dennis Sullivan, president, Board of Alderman; Tony Perrone, business agent, Laborers Local 22; Reese Thornton, member, Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35; Reese Thornton's son. Botton row from left: Rich Rogers, executive secretary-treasurer, Greater Boston Labor Council; Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone; and Frank Callahan, president of the Massachusetts Building Trades Council. | | | | | If construction contractors want to do business with the Boston suburb of Somerville, they must show they are "responsible employers" as a result of new contracting standards. The city's Board of Aldermen passed the new contacting standards after Boston-area unions pressed for the legislation.
Submitted by smw63 on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 4:31pm.
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Frank Snyder, Labor 2008 state director for Pennsylvania, reports on a union rally outside a John McCain campaign stop.
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