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Unions press Senate to back stimulus bill
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Unions and their allies, working both through ground troops and over the air, are pushing senators of both parties to approve the giant economic stimulus bill now moving through Congress.
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Star Tribune bankruptcy imperils 1,400 Minnesota jobs
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The Star Tribune\’s move to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy puts 1,400 local workers\’ jobs in limbo.
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Labor praises House passage of economic recovery bill
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Hoping to put the brakes on an economy spiraling downhill and out of control, the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday passed an $825 billion economic recovery package that could create or save as many as 4 million jobs.
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Minnesota AFL-CIO announces legislative goals
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The Minnesota AFL-CIO, representing 400,000 working people across the state, announced its goals for the 2009 session of the Minnesota Legislature. They include investing in good jobs, schools and infrastructure.
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AFL-CIO sends ‘to-do’ ideas to Obama team
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Gathering ideas from unions, analyses and experts, the AFL-CIO sent a 16-page "to do list" memo to the new Obama administration. The list submitted before the Democrat\’s inauguration, outlined a wide range of legislative and administrative moves the federation contended would help workers.
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As President Obama is sworn in, workers and their unions have high hopes
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All over this country, activists, union leaders and members are full of hope that the Obama administration will not only fix the broken economy and health care systems, but will also pass much-needed reforms to rebuild the American dream for the working class.
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Union leaders seek quick action on bill to stimulate economy
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Union leaders generally backed the $825 billion economic stimulus bill that House Democrats unveiled Jan. 15. Indeed, the sole complaint — if you could call it that — was from those who believed it was too small, especially on infrastructure projects.
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Workers to march in inaugural parade
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Some 265 unionists, wearing shirts and blazers and carrying signs proudly proclaiming their affiliation are scheduled to march and man a union-made union-driven float in Democratic President Barack Obama\’s inaugural parade on Tuesday.
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Twelve union presidents hold ‘unity meeting’
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Prodded by transition team officials for President-Elect Barack Obama (D), 12 union presidents held a "unity" meeting Jan. 7 In Washington to try to figure out how the labor movement can speak with one voice, not three. They emerged pledging "broad participation" in the effort, but no specifics.
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Average woman worker loses nearly half a million to pay discrimination
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Lilly Ledbetter, the longtime Goodyear tire supervisor whose pay discrimination case against her firm went all the way to the Supreme Court, lost $223,776 in lifetime earnings due to 19 years of discrimination at the tire firm\’s Gadsden, Ala., plant, a new report says.