Union News
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Oakland -
All but one of 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast reopened this week after months of wrangling over the terms of a new dockworkers contract.
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Port Arthur -
Workers at the largest oil refinery in the United States joined a growing nationwide strike Saturday when they left their jobs at the Motiva Enterprises LLC facility in Port Arthur, Texas.
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Scotland will say NO to independence, preserving the 307-year-union with England to form the four-country United Kingdom. BBC predicts a 55-45 win for the campaign committed to keeping Scotland part of the UK.
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Oakland -
A cargo ship targeted by protesters upset over Israel's actions in Gaza was quietly unloaded in Oakland overnight and headed out of the bay early Wednesday.
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Khartoum -
Three Sudanese employees of international aid agencies were released on Saturday in the troubled Darfur region after 32 days in captivity, peacekeepers said.
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San Francisco -
San Francisco's legions of downtown office workers faced a grindingly slow commute Monday after two-thirds of the city's transit operators called in sick in an apparent contract protest.
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England have named center Manu Tuilagi in their squad for the Six Nations game against Italy in Rome on Saturday.
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Auckland Blues hooker Keven Mealamu has been forced to return home early from South Africa with a calf injury that is likely to cause Steve Hansen some concern as the All Blacks coach finalizes his planning for the 2015 World Cup...
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Flight attendants at US Airways, which merged with AMR Corp late last year to form American Airlines Group <AAL.O>, on Friday approved an agreement to change their union at the merged company.
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Johannesburg -
South African mining giant Anglo American (Amplats) on Saturday said it was suing a trade union for damages and losses suffered over the past three-week work stoppage."The company is suffering damages arising from the failure by AMCU (union) to maintai...
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Johannesburg -
South African mining giant Anglo American (Amplats) on Saturday said it was suing a trade union for damages and losses suffered over the past three-week work stoppage."The company is suffering damages arising from the failure by AMCU (union) to maintai...
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Chattanooga -
The United Auto Workers union suffered a major defeat when workers at German auto giant Volkswagen's Tennessee plant rejected its organizing efforts.The closely-watched Friday's vote came as the US labor movement is fighting for its very survival after...
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Republic Airways Holdings Inc <RJET.O> said on Friday that it reached a tentative accord for a four-year labor contract with the Teamsters union, which represents more than 2,200 pilots at its Republic, Chautauqua and Shuttle America ...
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Chicago -
Workers at Volkswagen's US plant will vote next week on whether to form a union and win a seat on the German automaker's global works council, the United Auto Workers said Monday.
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Detroit -
American labor leaders are closing in on a decades-long goal of organizing a factory run by a foreign automaker, thanks to a bridgehead opened up at Germany's Volkswagen.
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Washington -
The US National Labor Relations Board issued a formal complaint Wednesday against giant retailer Walmart, saying it violated labor rules by threatening and punishing workers who joined pro-union protests.
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Pretoria -
South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation and the City of Tshwane (Greater Pretoria) have held a Diplomatic Fair celebrating 50 Years of the Organisation of African Unity, now re-christened the African Union.
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Amiens -
In France, two unionized tire companies located on the same street near Amiens, France chose very different directions begetting polar opposite results.
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Detroit -
In an attempt to interview union members during a rally in Lansing, Fox News reporter Steven Crowder was punched several times and then later grabbed from behind as he tried to head back to the media tent.
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Crippled by a nationwide strike, on Friday the makers of Wonder Bread and Hostess Brands snack products that include iconic Twinkies cakes announced plans to permanently close its doors and lay off all of its 18,500 employees.
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Frankfurt -
Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, has canceled around 300 flights in Frankfurt, with 26,000 passengers stranded. Berlin has joined in and Munich will follow shortly.
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Gov. Scott Walker’s recent victory in Wisconsin is not a political fluke, nor is the notion that big unions, particularly public-sector unions, have become an impediment for Democratic candidates in local, state and national elections.
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Madrid -
Spain is apparently planning draconian new laws against street protests by curbing the use of social networking, following recent strikes and protests by the unions against changes in the labor laws.
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New York -
Standing in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement is the IWW, the General Defense Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World, denouncing the brutal silencing of dissent of passive protesters by New York police.
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Nearly half of the workforce employed by Verizon Wireless Communications Inc. are opening the week on strike. The movement follows a breakdown in labor negiotiations between the union and Verizon.
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Toronto -
Air Canada workers are likely to strike at 12:01 a.m. today unless Canada's largest airline makes concessions to union members.
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For years, Apple has been establishing itself as one of the most enigmatic companies in its industry. But an attempt by an employee to form a union is shining a light on the tech giant's inner workings.
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When Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker grappled with an unsustainable state budget and faced off with public union, the protests became a national sensation, but Connecticut's deep public union cuts have not received a whimper.
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Darwin -
Yesterday a relief teacher at the Nightcliffe Middle School in Darwin, Australia was allegedly punched and stabbed a number of times by a 14-year-old student.
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Madison -
The snapshots included in this photo essay were taken on Saturday March 12, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin where it is estimated that well over 150,000 gathered in protest the recent decision regarding collective bargaining rights.
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Local police & firefighters protest in front of the Town Hall in Fuengirola on 19 February 2013.
Rough translation: "Full for Oña (Mayoress) and the scavenger civil servants." Local police & firefighters protest in front of the Town Hall in Fuengirola on 19 February 2013.
Local police & firefighters protest in front of the Town Hall in Fuengirola on 19 February 2013.
Students from a nearby school take part in the parade, dressed as playing cards from the suit of diamonds, on the theme of the Diamond Jubilee
McDonald"s Corp. corporate headquarters in Oak Park, Ill. Rob LaRosa
The sound stage that deafens! On the lawn of the Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa.
"Don't play with security. No more cuts! Officials are not the problem." Local police & firefighters protest in front of the Town Hall in Fuengirola on 19 February 2013.
YouTube screengrab of Fox News's Steven Crowder getting beat up. YouTube screengrab
SAT fieldworkers expropriate food from supermarkets and give to the poor. SAT
"Citizens and public employees are not responsible for the waste" - Local police & firefighters protest in front of the Town Hall in Fuengirola on 19 February 2013.
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