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- May 9, 2008 HEARING REVEALS BUSH REGIME'S ABANDONMENT OF ERGONOMICS The anti-worker GOP Bush regime’s abandonment of enforcing job safety and health standards when ergonomic injuries come up is even larger than official government data show. more...
- May 9, 2008 MILLER SEEKS FEDERAL CRIMINAL PROBE OF CRANDALL CANYON MINE BLASTS House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.) formally asked the GOP Bush government’s Justice Department for an investigation to see if criminal violations occurred before August’s Crandall Canyon, Utah, fatal coal mine explosions. more...
- May 9, 2008 SENATE PANEL ADDS JOBLESS BENEFITS EXTENSION TO BUSH WAR FUNDING BILL The Democratic-run Senate Appropriations Committee passed a measure extending federal jobless benefits to 39 weeks in most states--and 52 in a few--up from the present 26 weeks. more...
- May 9, 2008 FED TO RE-LAUNCH "McCAIN REVEALED" CAMPAIGN; UNIONISTS IN MICHIGAN, ST. PAUL GET HEAD START The AFL-CIO will re-launch its "McCain Revealed" campaign in dozens of cities on March 10 and March 17, focusing on Arizona Sen. John McCain's health care and economic plans. more...
- May 9, 2008 WHITE HOUSE WITHDRAWS BATTISTA AS NLRB NOMINEE The GOP Bush regime announced May 6 that it withdrew the nomination of management-side labor lawyer Robert J. Battista, former National Labor Relations Board chairman, to a new 5-year term on the board. more...
- May 9, 2008 Influence of unions continues to grow in Maryland's Montgomery County
Source: Washington Post
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- May 9, 2008 Fired United Auto Worker Officers Sue Union to Regain Membership
Source: LNN
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- May 9, 2008 Labor Goes Digital: Lessons from the Writers' Strike
Source: Vallywood blog
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- May 9, 2008 One hundred plus farm workers evicted following news coverage. Take action now!
Source: UFW
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- May 9, 2008 CNA tips status quo, but doesn't oust SEIU
Source: Las Vegas Sun
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- May 10, 2008 Massachusetts AFL-CIO Program Awards $1 Million in Scholarships
More than 200 high school seniors received scholarships from the Massachusetts AFL-CIO.
Higher education is no longer a far off dream parents once had for their children but a necessity in today’s economy—and an expensive necessity at that. Recent studies show...
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