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 Obama Asks Unions 
 for Health-Reform Support 

President expresses support for public option in speech to AFL-CIO

Sep 7, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama honored the achievements of organized labor today, pointing out that iniatives like the minimum wage and paid vacation “bear the union label,” the AP reports. Speaking at an AFL-CIO meeting in Cincinnati, Obama asked for union support in his push to reform the health care system,... More »

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Barack Obama • union • AFL CIO • Labor Day • labor unions • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Massachusetts police unions today called on President Obama, Gov. Deval Patrick, and others to apologize for criticizing the cops who arrested Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, the Boston Globe reports. “The president should make an apology to all law-enforcement personnel throughout the entire country,” said one Cambridge policeman.... More »

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Barack Obama • police • union • racial profiling • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • James Crowley • Skip Gates

(Newser) - The Boston Globe's biggest union has ended a four-month battle with the New York Times company and voted to accept $10 million in pay and benefit cuts, the Boston Herald reports. Union members—who have been living with a 23% pay cut since rejecting an 8.3% decrease last month—... More »

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newspaper • union • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry • pay cut • Boston Newspaper Guild

Conservative Group Tried to Sell its Support for $2M

Offered to launch campaign backing FedEx in legislative battle

Jul 17, 09 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A major conservative group offered its backing to FedEx on a bill before the Senate—for a price tag of at least $2 million, Politico reports—and then, when FedEx didn't take the bait, switched sides. A letter to FedEx shows the American Conservative Union proffered services like writing op-eds... More »

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legislation • union • FedEx • bill • American Conservative Union • pay-to-play • UPS

Card Checks Dropped From Card-Check Bill

Senate Dems ditch pro-labor bill's most controversial provision

Jul 17, 09 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The so-called "card-check" bill no longer includes its namesake card checks. Labor-friendly Democratic senators have agreed to ditch a central part of the union-organizing measure to ensure its passage, the New York Times reports. The controversial provision would have required employers to recognize a union when a majority of... More »

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Senate Democrats • union • labor unions • Employee Free Choice Act • card check




 Boston Real-Estate 
 Firm May Buy Globe 

Paper's top union wants stake in broadsheet

Jun 11, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Boston real-estate and investment firm is considering buying the Globe from the New York Times Company, and the paper’s biggest union wants a piece, too, the Herald reports. Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. says it’s been in talks for weeks to purchase the beleaguered newspaper. More »

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newspaper • Goldman Sachs • union • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry • Boston Newspaper Guild • Intercontinental Real Estate Corp.

 Commuters Down 
 the Tube as Strike 
 Hits London 

Underground out of service, but strikers have little support

Jun 10, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - London commuters faced a trial to get to work today as a subway strike pushed millions onto buses, bikes, and boats. The 48-hour strike began last night after talks broke down with one of the Tube's unions over disciplinary measures against two train drivers. Some lines are running irregularly, however,... More »

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London • United Kingdom • union • strike • Tube • transit strike • Boris Johnson • London Transport • London Underground




 Globe Union Rejects Pay Cut 

Struggling newspaper's staff vote against deal to slice pay, benefits despite warnings

Jun 8, 09 11:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Boston Globe's biggest union has turned down a contract involving pay and benefit cuts despite threats that doing so may lead to deeper cuts, the New York Times reports. Boston Newspaper Guild members voted 277-265 against the offer from the New York Times Company after 12 hours of voting,... More »

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wages • union • vote • New York Times Company • contract • Boston Globe • Boston Newspaper Guild

 Globe Union to Vote on Pay Cut 

Rejection could spark legal battle

Jun 8, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Boston Globe’s biggest union votes today on whether to accept a $10 million cut to their wages and benefits, including an 8.4% pay cut, or to mount a legal fight with parent the New York Times Co., the Boston Herald reports. If the contract is rejected, the... More »

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wages • union • New York Times Company • contract • Boston Globe • benefits • Boston Newspaper Guild

FAA May Shut
20 Air Traffic Weather Offices

Under plan, 2 forecast centers would serve entire country

Jun 5, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FAA may close 20 weather offices in air traffic control centers across the US, and instead connect all air traffic controllers to a pair of stations in Maryland and Missouri, the Washington Post reports. The money-saving plan would mean cutting controllers’ face-to-face contact with weather officials, something technology has... More »

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weather • FAA • union • air traffic control • air traffic controllers • National Weather Service • forecaster

(AP) - United Auto Workers members have ratified a package of concessions designed to reduce General Motors' labor costs. Union president Ron Gettelfinger said today 74% of GM's production and skilled-trade workers voted in favor. The vote comes before the company's expected Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing Monday. Bankruptcy experts say having... More »

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United Auto Workers • bankruptcy • General Motors • labor • union • labor unions • trade unions • auto industry • Ron Gettelfinger • Big Three • UAW

 Globe Strikes Deal 
 With Last Holdout Union 

Paper likely to remain in business as employees take major cuts

May 6, 09 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Boston Globe and its largest union struck a tentative deal early this morning that will likely keep the newspaper's owner, the New York Times Company, from shutting down the title. The union representing more than 600 employees in the editorial and advertising divisions was the last holdout in negotiations... More »

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newspaper • Boston • union • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry • Boston Newspaper Guild

(Newser) - The leaders of the Boston Globe’s biggest union have given themselves substantial raises over the past 3 years, even as the people they represent went without, the Herald reports. Boston Newspaper Guild president Dan Totten—who recently lambasted New York Times Co. execs for giving themselves extra days off... More »

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newspaper • union • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry • newspaper guild • Boston Newspaper Guild • Dan Totten

 Freelance 
 Jokesters Pen 
 Late-Night 
 Laughs 

WGA miffed by non-union writers

May 4, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Late-night hosts don’t get all their gags in-house—scores of wannabe comedy writers bombard the likes of Jay and Dave with their one-liners, the Los Angeles Times reports, then anxiously wait for the show to air "to find out if you got a joke on or not,”... More »

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Saturday Night Live • union • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Jon Stewart • freelance • writer • David Letterman • Tonight Show • Writers Guild of America • jokes • Late Show

(Newser) - The New York Times will file a required 60-day notice with federal authorities that it plans to shut the storied Boston Globe, newspaper officials said last night. Tense negotiations with unions failed to produce millions of dollars in savings Times representatives say are necessary to continue Globe operations. The Newspaper... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • union • union busting • Boston Globe • shutdown • newspaper industry • newspaper guild

Chrysler Strikes Deal With Canadian Workers

Workers surrender benefits to keep operating costs down

Apr 25, 09 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chrysler has won concessions from its Canadian workers that may help keep it out of bankruptcy, the Globe & Mail reports. The Canadian Auto Workers union—faced with the prospect of Chrysler abandoning its operations north of the border—agreed to give up a range of hard-won benefits and... More »

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Chrysler • Canada • union

 NYT Threatens to 
 Shut Boston Globe  

Unions given ultimatum over cutbacks

Apr 4, 09 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times has told the Boston Globe it will shutter the newspaper if unions don't swiftly agree to $20 million in concessions, the Boston Herald reports. The parent company told union leaders Thursday that the Globe is on course to lose $85 million this year unless serious cutbacks... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • union • Boston Globe • newspaper industry

OPINION

Ford-UAW Deal Shows Detroit the Way Forward

Compromise reveals Detroit's 'dinosaurs' can adapt to survive

Mar 10, 09 1:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The deal hammered out between Ford and the UAW offers Detroit a rare glimpse of hope for the future, Jim Jelter writes in MarketWatch. The deal, ratified by workers yesterday, lets Ford pay half its health-care costs for workers in shares instead of cash, binding workers fortunes' closer to the... More »

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United Auto Workers • automaker • Ford • union • auto industry • organized labor

Bloggers, Unions Team Up
to Push Dems to the Left

Liberal coalition will fund competition for centrist incumbents

Feb 26, 09 1:38 PM CST
(Newser) - A new political action committee backed by liberal bloggers and labor unions aims to push the Obama administration and Democratic establishment to embrace more progressive politics, the New York Times reports. Called “Accountability Now” the group will recruit and promote liberal candidates to challenge centrists in Congress. Their goal... More »

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union • blogger • MoveOn.org • congressional Democrats • liberal • Service Employees International Union • Congressional incumbents • Democratic candidates • incumbents

Gannett Forces Workers
to Take Unpaid Leave

Move will avoid layoffs in newsrooms: company

Jan 14, 09 3:41 PM CST
(Newser) - America's largest newspaper publisher will require most of its 31,000 employees to take an unpaid week off this quarter, the New York Times reports. Gannett owns 85 newspapers in the US—including USA Today—that, like much of the industry, are under serious financial duress. The company says the... More »

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newspaper • layoffs • journalism • union • American media • Gannett • newspaper industry

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