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UFCW 789 plans rally at Best Buy corporate headquarters
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On Monday, April 27, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 789 is holding a "Shame on Best Buy Rally" in Bloomington.
Organizing
Canadian workers achieve first-ever contract at Wal-Mart
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Some 180 workers at the Wal-Mart store in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, became the first North American employees of the monster anti-union retailer to achieve a union contract.
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National unions form coordinating committee; AFL-CIO president announces retirement plans
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AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney formally told top leaders of the federation that he will retire at the AFL-CIO Convention in September. At the same time, Sweeney, Change To Win leaders and National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel announced creation of the National Labor Coordinating Committee, a group of presidents of the nation’s 12 largest unions.
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Unions step up mass mobilization for Employee Free Choice Act
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The nation’s unions stepped up their mass mobilization to pressure Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, working over the two-week legislative recess to lobby lawmakers for the pro-worker bill. They unveiled a new round of commercials to run nationwide for it, while enlisting African-American leaders as key allies.
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Top union leaders ramp up support for Delta organizing drive
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Flanked by supporters from organized labor and elected officials, the leaders of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers vowed to unionize the world’s largest air carrier, Delta Airlines.
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Workers tell lawmakers of benefits as Employee Free Choice Act is introduced
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The Employee Free Choice Act, introduced in Congress Tuesday, would give workers the opportunity to bargain for a better life – a much-needed reform in this time of economic distress, workers, economists and scholars said.
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Biden, Solis to meet with AFL-CIO leaders this week
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Closed-door discussions with Vice President Joe Biden and new Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, plus brainstorming on how to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, head the agenda at the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting this week in Fort Lauderdale.
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Union membership grows in 2008
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For the second year in a row, the percentage of workers who belong to a union grew, according to the annual survey of union membership released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Defending worker rights at Delta Airlines
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Members of Machinists Local 1833 are sending a message to Delta Airlines management not to interfere in workers\’ decision to choose their own representatives in the workplace.
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Under ‘labor peace ordinance,’ Teamsters begin organizing Minneapolis waste haulers
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Teamsters Local 120 has won a neutrality agreement with Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. in a campaign to organize waste-hauling employees.