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OPINION

Forget Arugula: Dems Should Hit GOP on Fiscal Crisis

But they should ignore the arugula and hammer on GOP moves that created this mess

Sep 17, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Put aside the arugula and forget "priggish" counter-attacks on Sarah Palin, Thomas Frank advises Democrats. The way to win the culture war being waged by Republicans is to point out what GOP dominance over the last quarter century has done: removed fiscal safeguards and brought us "to the... More »

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Democrats • Republican • financial markets • labor unions • subprime crisis • deregulation • culture wars • financial crisis

Calif. Guards Vow to Recall Governator

Salary cut to minimum wage sparked rage of powerful union

Sep 8, 08 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - A union of angry California peace officers vowed today to recall Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Sacramento Bee reports. The guards have struggled with the Governator over pay and prison policies, and lost patience this summer when he cut salaries to minimum wage. “It's gone beyond professional,” union... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • recall • labor unions • governor • budget shortfall • correctional officer

 Obama Dials Back
 Campaigning to
 Watch Gustav 

Supporters received Red Cross donation requests from campaign

Sep 1, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama curtailed his Labor Day speeches to unions in the Midwest today to keep the focus on the Gulf Coast, asking instead for silent prayer and donations to the Red Cross. Republicans, after scaling back the opening of this week's convention because of Hurricane Gustav, had criticized Obama for... More »

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Barack Obama • Wisconsin • Michigan • American Red Cross • Labor Day • labor unions • Hurricane Gustav

Inflation Hurts US Workers; Europeans
Keep Pace

But higher Europe wages drive up prices

Aug 22, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Workers in the US are falling behind inflation while their counterparts in the 15-nation Eurozone are keeping pace, in part because of more powerful unions, the Wall Street Journal reports. But rising wages may damage the European economies, as they deter companies from hiring and in turn boost inflation. When... More »

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inflation • Consumer Price Index • wages • consumer prices • labor unions • wage increase • euro zone

SEIU Local Paid Big Bucks to Relatives' Firm

Fast-rising union prez defends payments to wife's company

Aug 9, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - California's biggest union local has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on companies owned by its president's relatives, the Los Angeles Times reports. The SEIU local for low-wage caregivers, and a related charity, paid six figures to a video company run by the wife and mother-in-law of union President Tyrone... More »

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California • Los Angeles • corruption • labor unions • SEIU • caregivers

Wal-Mart Tells Managers
to Fear Democratic Win

The retailer warns employees of disastrous labor legislation if left wins

Aug 1, 08 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wal-Mart is warning store managers and department supervisors nationwide that a Democratic victory in November would likely lead to passage of a federal law making unionization easier, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a series of mandatory meetings, the company says it's not telling hourly employees how to vote, which... More »

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Barack Obama • legislation • labor unions • Wal-Mart • Election 2008 • workers' rights

 France Bids Adieu
 to 35-Hour
 Work Week 

More hours piled on in boost to businesses

Jul 24, 08 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • French economy • labor unions • 35 hour week • Lionel Jospin • Daniele Giazzi

 Mailman Wants to Wear a Kilt 

Carrier advocates for the right to wear a MUG

Jul 21, 08 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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uniforms • unions • mail • labor unions • clothing • postal • USPS • kilt • comfort • National Association of Letter Carriers

 Actors Won't Strike—Yet 

SAG: members can keep working, pending talks

Jul 1, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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television • Hollywood • film • labor unions • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • Screen Actors Guild • actors' strike

Labor Blasts Obama's Top Economist

Unions worry that candidate is tilting toward Wall Street

Jun 12, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Barack Obama • economics • labor • economist • AFL CIO • labor unions • Robert Rubin • Jason Furman • John Sweeney

Spitzer Moves On to Dad's
Real Estate Firm

Disgraced governor pitches vulture fund for distressed properties

Jun 10, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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real estate • Eliot Spitzer • labor unions • vulture funds • Bernard Spitzer

ANALYSIS

Hollywood Strike Talk Might Be Just an Act

As June 30 deadline looms, insiders aren't sure actors will walk

Jun 5, 08 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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labor unions • labor strike • Screen Actors Guild • actors' strike • AFTRA • AMPTP • Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers

US, UK Workers to Create First Trans-Atlantic Union

Steelworkers close to pact with huge guild in Britain

May 24, 08 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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globalization • labor unions • Britain • United Steelworkers

Big Unions Cut Secret Deals With Employers

Confidential pacts speed organizing, but raise rights questions

May 10, 08 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

 Dockworkers Strike 
 Against Iraq War 

West Coast ports idle for May Day in run-up to union contract talks

May 1, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

updated

Colombia Fires Clinton Aide Over Remark

Says apology for
trade meeting showed 'lack of respect'

Apr 5, 08 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Colombia • labor unions • free trade • ambassador • Mark Penn • Change to Win

Strike Cripples German Airports

Scores of flights canceled; Berlin transport also shut

Mar 5, 08 7:23 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Siemens to Slash 4,000 Jobs

Troubled telecom sparks fear of union anger over cuts

Feb 25, 08 6:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Siemens is cutting nearly 4,000 jobs and moving 3,000 workers away from its troubled telecom equipment unit, sparking fears of union outcry in Germany, the Wall Street Journal reports. Once a $30 billion annual revenue giant, the business has been trailing competitors in cheap-labor countries like China and... More »

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China • Germany • labor unions • job cuts • Siemens • job

Auto Worker Powerhouse Doug Fraser
Dead at 91

Ex union boss helped save Chrysler from ruin

Feb 25, 08 2:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Former United Auto Workers president Doug Fraser, who played a vital role in saving Chrysler from bankruptcy, died yesterday at age 91. The cause of death was unknown, but Fraser had been suffering from emphysema, the Detroit Free Press reports. As UAW president during the ’70s and ’80s,... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • Detroit • unions • obituary • labor unions • auto industry • Ron Gettelfinger • Douglas Fraser • Wayne State University

UPDATED

Teamsters Endorse
Obama Over Clinton

It's another troubling sign for Hillary and her base

Feb 20, 08 3:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The Teamsters union endorsed Barack Obama today, giving him a chance to make further inroads into Hillary Clinton's base of blue-collar workers. Obama met with Teamsters chief Jim Hoffa today, who afterward gave Obama the backing of the 1.4-million-member union, the Chicago Tribune reports. The move could help in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Ohio • Pennsylvania • working class • labor unions • teamsters • endorsement • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • Teamsters • James P. Hoffa

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