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Tiffany's Looks To Africa As Diamond Industry Shifts

Wall Street Journal | By VANESSA O'CONNELL | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Strike, Diamonds, Cutting, Diamond Mining, Debeers, Manufacturing, Laurelton Factory, Diamond Polishing, Jwaneng Diamond Mine, Jwaneng Mine, Retail, Sourcing, Jewelry, Diamond Sourcing, South Africa, Tiffany's, Unions, Diamond Cutting, Mining, Africa, Botswana, Aids, Polishing, Sa, Mogoditshane, Business News

In a windowless factory in this African village, Tiffany is teaching more than 80 workers to transform raw diamonds into gems for Tiffany engagement r...

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Nurses Threaten To Strike Over Swine Flu

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Strike, California, Swine Flu Vaccine, Nurses, Preparation, Swine Flu Nurse Strike, Swine Flu, California Nurses Association, H1N1 Vaccine, Catholic Healthcare West, California Nurses Union, Nursing Strike, Swine Flu Preparedness, Vaccine, H1n1, Home News

LOS ANGELES — A California nurses' union has threatened a one-day strike at 34 hospitals, accusing the providers of poor swine flu preparedness....

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Israel Tells US, Time To Act On Iran

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, White House, Jerusalem, United Nations, Obama, U.S., Barack Obama, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Facility, Avigdor Lieberman, Tehran, Military, Israel, Un, Us, Strike, Ahmadinejade, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the U.S. to take action over a newly revealed Iranian nuclear facility in a phone co...

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"We Aren't Lab Rats!" Say Striking Workers. Online Action Alert!

Elana Levin | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Strike, Labor, Workers, Economy, Manufacturing, Jobs, Unions Labor Movement, Indiana, Workers United, Seiu, Politics News
Elana Levin

In case you needed any more convincing that we need the public option...

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Umpires, Perspective, and the Supreme Court

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Strike, Prejudices, Judicial Philosophy, Perspective, Judge Sotomayor, Prejudice, Confirmation Hearing, Limited Vision, Baseball, Diversity, Senator Jeff Sessions, Application, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Roberts, Umpire, Little League Baseball, Little League, Justice, Chief Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The claim that any human is able to remain unaffected by their background or have a purely objective view of any case is to claim a quality that belongs only to God: omniscience.

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Changing of the Guard

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 08.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Strike, Baseball, Michael Weiner, Rob Manfred, Donald Fehr, National Pastime, Collusion, National Game, Marvin Miller, National Labor Relations Board, Entertainment News
Roger I. Abrams

Sports labor unions, like the MLBPA, have achieved their goal of giving voice to the interests and concerns of those talented athletes who make a living as entertainers.

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Cannes 2009: Liberty, Egalite, But No Electricty!

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Strike, Cannes Film Festival, Power Outage, Cannes Electricity, Cannes, Cannes Power, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

French workers are striking one of the nation's power suppliers and power is being cut throughout Cannes grid by grid.

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People of Detroit, to the Barricades!

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Automakers, Auto Industry, Strike, Barack Obama, Gm, France, President Obama, g20, Detroit, Auto Industry Bailout, Detroit-Michigan, World News
Nathan Hegedus

It is not too late, though, Detroit. Who cares if the auto bailout is massively unpopular? Who cares if America likely does not need three big car companies?

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France On Strike To Protest Government's Handling Of Financial Crisis

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Strike, France Economy, French Economy, France Strike, French Strike, Economic Crisis, France, Strike in France, Financial Crisis, Nicolas Sarkozy, French Demonstrations Re Sarkozy, France Strikes, Protest in France Over Financial Crisis, Strike France, What's Going to Happen With Strikes in France 09, Lyon France Post Office Strike, France Protests, World News

UPDATE: 2pm The unions who organized the nation-wide strike in France say 2.5 million workers have participated, BBC reports. French police have put ...

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Leno Strips Down

Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Sag, Television, Strike, Jay Leno, Wga, Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood, Jim Webb, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Broadcast audiences are aging and advertisers are falling away due to the recession and, to some extent, the Internet. Leno's stripping, but the networks themselves may be losing their shirts.

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A Push-Poll with No Oomph

Jonathan Handel | Posted 10.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Strike, Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood, Labor Unions, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Sarah Palin may not know what the Bush Doctrine is, but SAG's leadership seems to have forgotten what we might call the (Teddy) Roosevelt Doctrine: s...

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Boeing Machinists Strike Continues Cautiously In Company's Success

New Yotk Times | Micheline Maynard | Posted 10.11.2008 | Business

Read More: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Strike, Boeing, Boeing Machinists, Boeing Strike, IAM, Business News

The machinists' union walkout against the Boeing Company does not appear to fit the usual script for a modern-day labor showdown. In struggling indu...

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SAG Still Talking? And What Next?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 09.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Membership First, Unite for Strength, Screen Actors Guild, Strike, Sag, Amptp, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Note that Nov. 5 will be the one-year anniversary of the start of the writers strike. A great day for a deal, I suppose, or, more darkly, what better time to cripple the industry with another work stoppage?

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SAG Challenge Slate to Oppose Hardliners

Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood Strike, Membership First, Strike, Screen Actors Guild, Sag, Hollywood News, United for Strength, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

A slate called Unite for Strength has arisen to challenge the Membership First faction of the SAG Board. But the slate doesn't have any A-list stars on it, which reduces its chances of successfully wresting control of the Board.

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Together We Marched in Solidarity

Dolores Huerta | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, Health Care Workers, Strike, Labor, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News
Dolores Huerta

For decades, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange have fought for justice for California's workers. But now, these same sisters are refusing to show their own workers the same justice they once fought for.

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Screen Actors Guild (SAG) commentary

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood Strike, Strike, Screen Actors Guild, Sag, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

No deal yet between SAG and the studios. This video commentary explores why.

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Screen Actors Guild: What's Next?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Aftra, Screen Actors Guild, Strike, Sag, Amptp, SAG Strike, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Hollywood's quiet today. Still, with the studios' "final offer" on the table, the natural question is, what happens next -- and will there be a strike?

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AMPTP Makes Final Offer to SAG

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Aftra, Strike, Sag, Amptp, Dga, Screen Actors Guild, Labor Unions, Wga, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

I'm advised by a AMPTP spokesman that this offer tracks the AFTRA and DGA/WGA deals in terms of minimums, new media, and other provisions.

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Dockworkers Shut Down West Coast Ports To Protest the War

JB Powell | Posted 05.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Ilwu, Oakland Dock Strike, Strike, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Strike, Iraq War Strike, May Day Antiwar Strike, May Day Iraq War, Dockworkers Cindy Sheehan, West Coast Dock Strike, May Day Peace Strike, Cindy Sheehan, May Day Workers, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Home News
JB Powell

The West Coast Dockworkers peace strike had a different edge, reminiscent of the days when the labor movement could and would affect this country's daily business to get its points across.

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Workers' May Day Protest Site Disabled

JB Powell | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Google, May Day Peace Rally, Strike, May Day Workers Strike, Antiwar Strike, ILWU Jack Heyman, Google ILWU, ILWU Strike, May Day Strike, Google Program Policies, Anti-War Strike, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Russ Miyashiro, Google Nancy Ngo, Nancy Ngo, Jack Heyman, ILWU May Day, May Day San Francisco, Google Censorship, May Day San Francisco Strike, Google Strike Censorship, Antiwar Censorship, Antiwar Protests, Antiwar Protests California, Ant-War Protest, Corporate Censorship, Anti-War Protests, Internet Censorship, Home News
JB Powell

One of the May Day strike organizers says Google "came to their senses" because people "from around the world started emailing them and protesting this egregious violation of free speech."

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Le Monde Stops The Presses

The Guardian | Gwladys Fouché | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Le Monde Stops Press, Le Monde Strike, Job Cuts, Strike, French Newspaper, France, The Guardian, Le Monde Falls Silent, Le Monde, Media News

Le Monde, France's newspaper of record, will not be on newsstands tomorrow for a second time this week after staff today voted to strike over proposal...

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Workers Strike at Nike Contract Factory

AP | VU TIEN HONG | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Work Meals, Minimum Wage, Ching Luh Plant, Vietnam Strike, Inflation, Nike Workers, Nike, Nike Factories, Long an Province, Taiwan Strike, Work Lunches, Strike, Nike Strike, Business News

HANOI, Vietnam — More than 20,000 Vietnamese workers have walked off the job at a Taiwanese-owned plant that makes shoes for Nike Inc., demandin...

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Broadway Stagehands Keep On Striking

AP | Michael Kuchwara | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: League of American Theatres and Producers, Strike, Striking Stagehands, Broadway Strike, Business News

It was a second day of dark Broadway theaters and disappointed audiences as striking stagehands reaffirmed their commitment Sunday to remain off the j...

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Strike Fears Grow As Hollywood Labor Talks Break Down

Los Angeles Times | Richard Verrier | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Movie Business, Film Industry, Labor Talks, Films, Writers Writers Guild of America, Organized Labor, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Strike, Movies, Business News

Halloween is looking scarier than ever for Hollywood. Studio executives and representatives of the Writers Guild of America abruptly ended talks Frid...

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GM Auto Workers Begin Strike As Deadline Passes

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: United Automobile Workers, Strike, Picket Signs, Uaw, G.M., General Motors, Business News

The United Auto Workers has launched a national strike against General Motors Corp., GM spokesman Dan Flores said Monday. It's the first nationwide st...

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