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Lila Shapiro

While Labor Unions Show Their Might In U.K., Workers' Influence Remains Slight In U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 09.05.2011 | Business
Read More: Conservative Party, British Strikes, Ed Balls, Labour Party, British Labor Strikes, David Cameron, British Unions, Business News, Organized Labor, Organized Labor u.s., Liberal Democrats, Austerity, Business News

To those prone to suggest that the power of organized labor is declining in advanced economies, Great Britain offered up a potent counter-argument las...

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750,000 Public Sector Workers Go On Strike In Britain

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 08.29.2011 | Business
Read More: Gordon Brown, Conservative Party, Ed Balls, Labour Party, David Cameron, British Unions, Ed Miliband, Liberal Democrats, Austerity, Video, Business News

LONDON — Thousands of British schools will close and travelers will face long lines at airport immigration Thursday when three quarters of a million...

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This Is Not What the British People Voted for

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Peter Mandelson, Clegg, Ed Balls, David Cameron, New Labour, Cameron, Nick Clegg, Conservative, Ed Mandelson, UK Election, Liberal Democrats, Labour, Lib Dems, World News
Johann Hari

Elections are supposed to be an opportunity for the people to express the direction in which they want the country to travel. By that standard, this result is an insult.

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Is Gordon Brown's Labour Party Eating Itself Before Dinner?

Cedric Perrier | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: UK, Simon Cowell, Parliament, Bbc, David Cameron, James Purnell, Jane Kennedy, General Election, Geoff Hoon, Gordon Brown, England, Conservative Party, Politics, Patricia Hewitt, Apple, Charles Clarke, Ed Balls, Labour Party, Jerry Maguire, Tom Harris, Miliband, World News
Cedric Perrier

Leadership challenges are not all that unusual in British politics; however, this turn of events does seem to re-write the history books. Cannibalizing the Labour Party could be a stroke of genius.

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British Expense Scandal Claims Highlighted

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: England, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, United Kingdom, British Expense Scandal, Expense Scandal, Tony Blair, David Cameron, Ed Balls, World News

Britain's Parliament posted copies of lawmakers' expense claims online Thursday, weeks after uncensored files were leaked to a newspaper. Here are som...

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