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Press Advisory: UE Local 1110 to File ULP Charges Against Republic Windows
PRESS ADVISORY: A press conference will be held Tuesday, January 6 at 11a.m. as workers from the Republic Windows and Doors sit-in file unfair labor practice charges against their former employer. Full Story...
UE Honored as 'Most Valuable Union' by The Nation Magazine
'Yes' Vote at Republic: Workers Get Pay, Plant Occupation Ends
Local 234 Holds Line on Health Costs in Fairbanks Scales Contract
Local 150 Celebrates UFCW Organizing Win At North Carolina Meatpacking Plant
Unions Around the World Back Republic Workers
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World
Burris determined to take his Senate seat Tuesday
(AP) 6 Jan 2009, 9:48 am
AP - Barack Obama's appointed successor declared Tuesday he's qualified to take a seat in the Senate and said he'll go to Capitol Hill to do just that.
Stocks rise moderately ahead of data
(AP) 6 Jan 2009, 9:47 am
Palestinians say 2nd UN school hit by airstrike
(AP) 6 Jan 2009, 9:33 am
Ukraine: Gas Talks with Russia to Resume Thursday - Voice of America 6 Jan 2009, 9:23 am
Israeli troops deepen push into Gaza - Reuters 6 Jan 2009, 9:22 am
Lindsay Lohan: It's not over with Ronson - The Associated Press 6 Jan 2009, 9:20 am
Obama's hacked Twitter a warning? - The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau 6 Jan 2009, 9:16 am
Israel escalates offensive into Gaza cities
(AFP) 6 Jan 2009, 9:13 am
Israeli troops deepen push into Gaza
(Reuters) 6 Jan 2009, 9:12 am
TOPWRAP 4-European data grim, Toyota to halt output in Japan - Reuters 6 Jan 2009, 9:10 am
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Labor Headlines
Idaho and California Deal with Budget Shortfalls; Workers Face Repercussions - 01/05/09 4 Jan 2009, 8:07 pm
SEIU Executive Board Prepares for Controversial Decision 4 Jan 2009, 8:07 pm
Some Minimum Wage Earners Receive a Raise With the New Year - 01/05/09 4 Jan 2009, 8:07 pm
California Scholars for Academic Freedom Condemn Bombing of Gaza Educational Institutions 4 Jan 2009, 8:00 pm
Steve Early: Who Rules SEIU? 4 Jan 2009, 8:00 pm
Trooper, union say politics delayed Levi Johnston drug case 3 Jan 2009, 8:00 pm
FEDERAL PAY RAISES: Pay hikes show what Congress thinks of American workers 3 Jan 2009, 8:00 pm
UBC Local22 Members Fight Against Discrimination &The Firing Of Jim Salinas 3 Jan 2009, 8:00 pm
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Struggles - Alerts
Russia: Stop attacks on auto workers union
Iran: Save the life of Farzad Kamangar
Turkey: DESA leather workers fight for the right to have a union
Support Turkish Leather Workers
Russian Auto Workers Under Assault
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UE International Solidarity Web
Woman Activist Wins National Human Rights Prize 15 Dec 2008, 8:00 am
Labor Shorts 15 Dec 2008, 8:00 am
Drug Wars and Violence Continue—No End in Sight 15 Dec 2008, 8:00 am
Pain and Protest on the Day of the Butterflies: Violence Persists Against Women in Mexico 15 Dec 2008, 8:00 am
Conflict between Miners and Government Intensifies 15 Dec 2008, 8:00 am
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Economics
Education accountability and the Obama administration
The Obama administration and Congress must decide what to do about re-authorization of the school accountability provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), now two years overdue. This new EPI Policy Memo analyzes the failures of NCLB's accountability rules, and sketches out new directions that could renew a commitment to accountability in a way that avoids NCLB's distortion of American public education.
