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  • May 2008
    • US, UK Workers to Create First Trans-Atlantic Union

      US, UK Workers to Create First Trans-Atlantic Union

      (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, Britain, and Ireland, fighting for workers’ interests amid multi-national companies. More »

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      Great Britain   globalization   labor unions   United Steelworkers

    • Blue Collars, Green Ties

      Blue Collars, Green Ties

      (Newser) - In Pennsylvania, the New Republic 's Dayo Olopade finds an effort to unite working-class union types with the liberal elite that could long outlive Barack Obama's heyday: the search for green-collar jobs. Stelworkers have long viewed environmentalists skeptically, but both groups have a stake in finding a "new industrial policy based on the twin causes of sustainability and job creation." More »

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      Barack Obama   environmentalism   liberals   Sierra Club   green construction   United Steelworkers

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