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BRITAIN BRITISH AIRWAYS

AP Features 4 hours ago

Chief Executive Officer of British Airways, Willie Walsh, speaks to the media outside the Trade Union Congress headquarter after a meeting with the Unite union about the oncoming strike by the cabin crew, London, Friday, March 19, 2010. A three-day strike by ...

AFL-CIO backs health care bill despite tax concern

AP Features yesterday

The nation's largest labor federation agreed Thursday to endorse the Obama administration's health care overhaul bill, despite lingering concerns over a tax on high-cost insurance plans. Union leaders on the AFL-CIO's executive council voted virtually unanimously to support the plan and said ...

UAW OKs severance pact in Calif. plant shutdown

AP News yesterday

UAW OKs severance agreement in shutdown of Toyota plant in Calif. Workers at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., known as Nummi, have voted in favor of a proposed severance package for the 4,600 workers about to lose their jobs when the ...

Toyota Nummi

AP News 2 days ago

New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. auto worker Juan Carrera, center background, listens as union leaders hold a news conference outside the United Auto Workers hall in Fremont, Calif., Wednesday, March 17, 2010. The UAW says guild employees at California's sole remaining auto ...

Biritsh Airways Braced For Union Strike Action

Getty Images 2 days ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: A British Airways Plane takes off from London City Airport on March 17, 2010 in London, England. Unite Union leaders are due to talk with with their American counterparts later as the threat of cabin crew strikes ...

Greek power company workers strike

AP Features 3 days ago

Greek state power company workers and hospital nurses went on strike Tuesday to protest government austerity measures designed to pull the country out of a major financial crisis. The 48-hour electricity utility strike shut down seven power units, but did not aim ...

Union reaches deal to close Toyota-GM plant

AFP American Edition 4 days ago

The United Auto Workers union said Monday it had reached a deal over the closing of a California plant operated as a joint venture by Toyota and General Motors. GM pulled out of the venture last year as it restructured under government-backed ...

Bill George to retire as Pa. AFL-CIO president

AP News 8 days ago

Long the face of Pa. organized labor, Bill George to step down as president of state AFL-CIO After 20 years as the face of organized labor in Pennsylvania and 50 years since the United Steelworkers issued his first union card, Bill George ...

Union at American seeks step toward strike

AP Features 8 days ago

The union representing mechanics and other ground workers at American Airlines is asking federal officials to let them take a big step closer toward a possible strike against the nation's second-largest carrier. The Transport Workers Union said Thursday they asked federal mediators ...

People Danny Glover

AP News 13 days ago

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, Actor Danny Glover takes part in a panel discussion at Emerson College in Boston. Glover is calling on Oscar nominees and others in the film industry to not wear Hugo Boss suits to ...

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