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  • July 2008

    • France Bids Adieu to 35-Hour Work Week

      newser  |  Reuters  |  4 hours, 9 minutes ago

      France Bids Adieu to 35-Hour Work Week

      The French parliament has passed landmark legislation eliminating the 35-hour cap on the work week, Reuters reports. President Nicolas Sarkozy has long blamed the short week for France's economic struggles. Most employees work longer, but accumulate overtime pay or vacation days for the extra hours. Tens of thousands of French workers demonstrated against the reform last month. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • labor unions  • French economy

    • Mailman Wants to Wear a Kilt

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jul 21, 08 2:35 PM CDT

      Mailman Wants to Wear a Kilt

      Dean Peterson likes kilts. In fact, the 48-year-old Air Force vet and mail carrier owns 15 of them, and he's on a one-man crusade to persuade the USPS to allow carriers to wear kilts on the job, the Boston Globe reports. He’s contacted every postal union branch in the country to make the case for Male Unbifurcated Garments, or MUGs. More »

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      labor unions  • unions  • clothing  • mail  • uniforms  • US Postal Service  • comfort  • kilt  • postal

    • Actors Won't Strike—Yet

      newser  |  E! Online  |  Jul 1, 08 8:19 AM CDT

      Actors Won't Strike&mdash;Yet

      The contract between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios expired early today—but SAG has decided to let members keep working for the time being, E! Online reports. The two sides are scheduled to reconvene tomorrow. The Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers made it what it called a “final offer” last night, but SAG officials were skeptical. More »

  • June 2008

    • Labor Blasts Obama's Top Economist

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 12, 08 7:37 AM CDT

      Labor Blasts Obama's Top Economist

      After locking up the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama moved quickly to bring Clinton supporters into his general election tent, including Robert Rubin, President Clinton's treasury secretary. Jason Furman, an economist closely associated with Rubin, was hired as economic policy director, and that's provoked the ire of labor unions, who see him, along with his mentor, as tilting toward Wall Street, writes the New York Times . More »

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      Barack Obama  • labor  • economics  • labor unions  • AFL CIO  • economist  • Robert Rubin

    • Spitzer Moves On to Dad's Real Estate Firm

      newser  |  New York Sun  |  Jun 10, 08 4:41 PM CDT

      Spitzer Moves On to Dad's Real Estate Firm

      Having laid low for two months after exiting in disgrace from the New York governorship, Eliot Spitzer is back in business. He’s recently been shopping a plan to start a vulture fund that would flip distressed real estate assets, the New York Sun reports. Spitzer gathered labor union officials in his dad's Manhattan real estate office, presenting a decidedly more nonchalant view of his indiscretions than he did in his farewell speech.  More »

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      Eliot Spitzer  • real estate  • labor unions

    • Hollywood Strike Talk Might Be Just an Act

      newser  |  Variety  |  Jun 5, 08 3:56 PM CDT

      Hollywood Strike Talk Might Be Just an Act

      Uncertainty still reigns in Hollywood as the largest actors union, the Screen Actors Guild, faces a pair of tough choices, Variety reports. SAG could try to sabotage a deal reached by the smaller American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and it will need to get its members to authorize a strike if its contract with studios expires June 30 without a new agreement.  More »

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      labor unions  • Screen Actors Guild  • labor strike  • actors' strike  • SAG  • AFTRA

  • May 2008

    • US, UK Workers to Create First Trans-Atlantic Union

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 24, 08 10:07 AM CDT

      US, UK Workers to Create First Trans-Atlantic Union

      Workers from the US and UK are close to joining forces in what would be the first trans-Atlantic labor union, the Wall Street Journal reports. United Steelworkers is in talks with Britain’s Unite to create a 3-million-member group that would act as a single union in the US, Canada, Britain, and Ireland, fighting for workers’ interests amid multi-national companies. More »

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      Great Britain  • globalization  • labor unions  • United Steelworkers

    • Big Unions Cut Secret Deals With Employers

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 10, 08 6:25 AM CDT

      Big Unions Cut Secret Deals With Employers

      Two of America's biggest unions have made secret deals with major employers that let the companies choose where workers can organize and how many of them can do so, the Wall Street Journal reports. The unions, SEIU and Unite Here, say the confidential agreements have gotten more workers into unions, and they defend not letting their members know about them. More »

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      labor unions  • union  • employers  • SEIU  • workers' rights

    • Dockworkers Strike Against Iraq War

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 1, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      Dockworkers Strike Against Iraq War

      In an action their union says is a protest against the war in Iraq, dockworkers from Washington to Southern California have taken May Day off, crippling West Coast port traffic, the Los Angeles Times reports. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose contract is up in 2 months, was ordered by an arbitrator to show up today. More »

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      Iraq war  • Los Angeles  • San Diego  • Seattle  • labor unions  • labor strike  • political protest  • labor relations  • port  • Long Beach

  • April 2008

    • Colombia Fires Clinton Aide Over Remark

      newser  |  Politico  |  Apr 5, 08 2:25 PM CDT

      Colombia Fires Clinton Aide Over Remark

      Colombia fired a Washington lobbying firm today after its CEO, a top Hillary Clinton strategist, apologized for meeting with the country's US envoy, Politico reports. Mark Penn called the trade meeting an “error in judgment” that “will not be repeated,” but the remark ruffled feathers in Colombia. "The Colombian government considers this a lack of respect to Colombians, and finds this response unacceptable," the government said it a statement. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Colombia  • labor unions  • Mark Penn  • free trade  • ambassador

  • March 2008

    • Strike Cripples German Airports

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 5, 08 7:23 AM CST

      Strike Cripples German Airports

      Thousands of German airport workers have walked off the job on the first day of a strike, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations across Europe's largest country. Frankfurt International Airport, a key European hub, was picketed by more than 2,000 employees from baggage handlers to check-in counter workers and even firefighters, reports AP. In a coordinated action, Berlin's subway, tram, and bus workers began their own 10-day strike. More »

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      Germany  • airport  • strike  • Berlin  • labor unions  • flight cancellation  • transit strike  • tax fraud  • BMW  • boom economy

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • TV Ads Next for Pro-Obama Clinton-Bashers

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jan 18, 08 5:20 PM CST

      TV Ads Next for Pro-Obama Clinton-Bashers

      A pro-Barack Obama labor union in Nevada today brings TV ads to its anti-Hillary Clinton barrage, the Washington Post reports. UNITE HERE, which represents textile, hotel, and restaurant workers, last week gave Obama his first endorsement from a union; yesterday, it launched a Spanish-language ad blasting Clinton, whose backers filed a lawsuit trying to block caucuses in casinos. More »

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      Latino voters  • labor unions  • Nevada caucus  • campaign advertising

    • Amtrak Deal Prevents Strike

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 18, 08 5:03 PM CST

      Amtrak Deal Prevents Strike

      Amtrak struck a deal with nine of its labor unions today, heading off a potentially catastrophic strike that was scheduled to begin at the end of the month, the AP reports. Union members still must ratify the specifics, but sources say the deal grants the unions full payment of back wages while giving Amtrak none of its desired concessions on work rules. More »

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      labor unions  • train  • labor relations  • Amtrak

    • Clinton/Obama Question Splits Labor Unions

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 13, 08 12:29 PM CST

      Clinton/Obama Question Splits Labor Unions

      Labor unions are the foundation of any Democratic campaign, but that foundation in the '08 race remains clearly split between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the LA Times reports. Both have fervent support among different unions, and tension within the party is running high, raising fears that the base won't be able to repair the nominating fissures and unite behind a single candidate. More »

  • November 2007

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