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Bankrupt Airline To Consider Huge Merger

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 05.12.2012

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DALLAS -- American Airlines says it is agreeing with creditors to consider potential mergers while it is still under bankruptcy protection. American ...

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Saki Knafo

May Day Protests Signal Growing Bond Between Occupy Wall Street And Liberal Establishment

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Immigrants Rights, May Day, May Day Unions, Occupy Wall Street Unions, Transport Workers Union, May Day Protests, Occupy Movement, Occupy-Wall-Street, Joan Donovan, May Day Coalition, Labor May Day, Video, Charles Jenkins Twu, May First Coalition, May 1st Coalition, May Day Community Groups, Valeria Treves, Occupy Wall Street, Michael Fink, Occupy Wall Street Community Groups, Occupy Wall Street Labor, Occupy, May Day Rallies, Unions, Business News

A little over six months ago, Stephanie McGuinness was camping out in Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of a new movement that often shunned politicians an...

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#Occupy Gives Out Free Subway Rides

Posted 03.29.2012

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Morning commuters were treated to free train rides Wednesday morning courtesy of the 99 percent. "Free entry, no fares collected," read official-looki...

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13,000 Layoffs At American Airlines?

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Bankruptcy Protection, U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Video, Maxim Group LLC, Job Cuts, Allied Pilots Association, Association of Professional Flight Attendants, AMR Corp., American Airlines, Transport Workers Union, Restructuring Debt, American Eagle, Business News

DALLAS — The parent of American Airlines wants to eliminate about 13,000 jobs – 15 percent of its workforce – as the nation's third-...

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Transit Workers And MTA Still Working It Out

AP | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: New York City Subway, Transit Workers Strike, Ny News, NYC Transit, Transport Workers Union, Mta, New York News, New York City Bus, New York News

NEW YORK -- New York City transit workers say they'll continue working even though their contract has expired. Spokesman Jim Gannon of Transport Work...

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#OccupyWallStreet Ranks Swell As Unions, PACs Join Protest

AP | By DEEPTI HAJELA and VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 12.05.2011

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NEW YORK (Associated Press) -- A diverse group of powerful unions joined demonstrations near Wall Street on Wednesday, lending some focus, credibility...

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Judge: NYPD Can Use City Buses To Transport Arrested Protesters

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 12.05.2011

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NEW YORK -- City bus drivers are told when they are hired that they someday may be called upon to assist the police department, a judge noted Tuesday ...

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UPDATE: Students March on the MTA Hearings

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Yesterday, as college students were walking out, teaching in and rallying at universities citywide and nationwide, thousands of local high school stud...

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Arthur Delaney

American Airlines Doles Out Bonuses Despite $375 Million Loss: Unions

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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American Airlines is bleeding money, and its unions say they are subsisting on peanuts in coach while corporate executives sip champagne in first clas...

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American Airlines Union Goes Viral Against Executives

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 05.25.2011

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DALLAS — Unions at American Airlines have picketed, worn buttons and rented billboards to protest what they consider unseemly management bonuses...

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