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Cheerios Maker To Axe Hundreds Of Workers

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

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MINNEAPOLIS — Food maker General Mills Inc. said Tuesday it will cut about 850 jobs as part of a plan to lower costs and boost efficiency. The ...

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Major Manufacturer Faces Huge Strike

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

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* 800 workers on strike after expired contract * Caterpillar utilizing replacement workers * IAM says negotiations are n...

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Union To Oil Giant: 'Treat Us Equally'

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

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* USW says Exxon has failed to offer key safety provision * Talks for a new contract to continue till mid-June HOUSTON, ...

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Why Chinese Workers May Be Getting Paid More

AP | JOE McDONALD and MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.30.2012

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BEIJING — Consumers probably won't have to pay more for iPads, iPhones and other popular consumer electronics despite a Chinese company's pledge...

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They're Forming A Union Where?

Posted 02.28.2012

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Wall Street workers and union hands may seem like total opposites, but employees at an iconic investment bank are countering those preconceived notion...

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Stay Classy: Bargain Airline CEO Mocks Competitor's Laid-Off Workers

Posted 02.09.2012

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Getting laid off is one thing. But getting mocked by the head of another rival after it? That's even worse. At a Spanish airport this week, Michael...

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Oil Giant Reaches Tentative Deal With Union

AP | Posted 02.01.2012

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DALLAS -- The United Steelworkers union and Shell Oil have as announced a tentative deal on a new three-year contract covering Shell refinery workers ...

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Union Membership Grew Slightly Last Year, After Years Of Decline

AP | By SAM HANANEL | Posted 01.28.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Union membership grew slightly last year, giving labor leaders hope that a period of steep declines has finally bottomed out. The numbe...

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Federal Probe Finds Company Didn't Act Before Deadly Fires

AP | By TRAVIS LOLLER | Posted 11.17.2011

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GALLATIN, Tenn. -- A federal investigation into flash fires that killed five people this year at a Gallatin metal powders plant found that multiple re...

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As Agencies Debate Rules, Dust Explosions Killing Factory Workers

AP | TRAVIS LOLLER | Posted 01.14.2012

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When an accumulation of sugar dust ignited and blew up the Imperial Sugar plant in Port Wentworth, Ga., in 2008, killing 14 a...

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Labor Board Accuses Target Of Threatening Workers Before Union Vote

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.02.2012

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More evidence has come to light indicating that Target might have threatened to close one its New York stores if workers decided to unionize, accordin...

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Online Labor Demand Rises To Pre-Recession Levels As Labor Market Slows

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.02.2011

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NEW YORK -- The unemployment rate remains high, but online demand for workers has reached levels not seen since before the recession, according to a n...

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