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MoveOn, Labor Unions Aim To Teach 100,000 Occupy's Nonviolent Protest Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 04.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Boot camp is about to begin. On Monday and extending throughout this week, a coalition of progressive organizations from across the c...

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Can The UAW Organize Volkswagen In The U.S.?

David Kiley | Posted 05.23.2012

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The UAW pitch to VW workers will be higher wages and job security. But the VW workers will be wary. They saw how much the union gave up to GM and Chrysler in the 2009 bankruptcies.

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Workers And Managers Face Off At Iconic New York Bookstore

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.23.2012

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Visitors to the Strand Book Store, a quirky bastion of the New York intellectual tradition on Broadway and 12th Street, may have noticed that the plac...

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Automaker CEO Suddenly Way Richer

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2012

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By Deepa Seetharaman March 6 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co Chief Executive Alan Mulally was awarded shares in the No. 2 U.S. automaker wh...

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American Workers: The Best Bet

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.05.2012

Three years later, after President Obama placed his faith in workers, the nation's economic outlook is brighter. As is that of GM and Chrysler. President Obama wagered on American workers. And it paid off.

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Union Members, Families Go For Santorum In Michigan

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.28.2012

WASHINGTON -- Union members and their relatives who voted in Tuesday's GOP primary in Michigan broke for Rick Santorum over Mitt Romney by a wide marg...

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Will The UAW Defeat Romney? Will The UAW Defeat Romney?

David Kiley | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Auto Bailout, Uaw, Mitt Romney Auto Bailout, United Auto Workers, Mitt Romney, Detroit News

The union may not be as weak as Mitt Romney has been banking on.

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LOOK: Auto Workers Protest Romney, Praise Obama In Detroit

HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 02.24.2012

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Around 250 auto workers and supporters marched in Detroit Friday to send a message to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney: "Don't bet agains...

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Opponents Of Alabama Immigration Law Seek Allies In Business Sector

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Staver | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Opponents of Alabama's contested immigration law are asking local manufacturers of Mercedes-Benz, Honda and Hyundai cars to help them pu...

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America's Failed Mole-by-Mole Trade Policy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.07.2012

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Although conservative candidates revel in ridiculing Western Europe, America could learn crucial economic lessons from Germany, which maintains trade surpluses, including one with China in auto parts.

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75 Years Later: Remembering The Flint Sit-Down Strike

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 12.31.2011

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Autoworkers occupied a factory in Flint, Mich., 75 years ago Friday, launching a struggle that would involve tens of thousands of workers and bring th...

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75 Years Ago Today, the First Occupy

Michael Moore | Posted 02.29.2012

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On this day, December 30th, in 1936 -- 75 years ago today -- hundreds of workers at the General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, took over the facilities and occupied them for 44 days. My uncle was one of them.

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Moody's Upgrades Ford, GM

AP | By DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 12.28.2011

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DETROIT -- Moody's Investors Service raised the corporate debt ratings for General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. on Thursday, citing new labor agreeme...

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Ford Workers Approve New Contract

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 12.19.2011

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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. factory workers have approved a new four-year labor contract that promises profit-sharing checks and billions in...

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Military-Vehicle Maker Reaches Tentative Agreement With Union Leaders

AP | By DINESH RAMDE | Posted 12.15.2011

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MILWAUKEE -- Military-vehicle maker Oshkosh Corp. and its union leaders reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract, one that removes a prov...

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Chrysler, United Auto Workers Reach Tentative Labor Deal

Posted 12.12.2011

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DETROIT - The United Auto Workers and Chrysler Group LLC reached a tentative four-year labor contract for the No. 3 U.S. automaker's 26,000 hourly...

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As a Country, We Are in Free-Fall

David Macaray | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Union Rights, Unions, Detroit Bailout, US Economy, United Auto Workers, Business News

We hear "sell-out" applied to the United Auto Workers and, unfortunately, we hear it applied with little or no understanding of how ferociously the union resisted it, or how forcefully the two-tier configuration was crammed down their throats.

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UAW Rejects Deal With Defense Contracter For Second Time

Posted 12.09.2011

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OSHKOSH, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Workers at defense contractor Oshkosh Corp turned down a new five-year contract offer from the company for a second...

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UAW: Ford, Union Reach Tentative Contract

Posted 12.04.2011

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DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers union have reached tentative agreement on a new four-year labor contract, the union ...

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S&P Boosts GM Credit Rating On Labor Contract

Posted 11.29.2011

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Ratings agency Standard & Poor's raised its corporate credit rating on General Motors Co by two notches on Thursday, saying the automaker's new la...

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General Motors Factory Workers Approve New Profit-Sharing Contract

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 11.28.2011

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DETROIT — Factory workers at General Motors have overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract with the company that includes profit-sharing ...

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Talks Reportedly Break Down Between Chrysler, Major Labor Union

AP | By TOM KRISHER | Posted 11.22.2011

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DETROIT -- Negotiations over a new four-year contract between Chrysler and the United Auto Workers have broken down as both sides refuse to budge on k...

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For Some Labor Advocates, GM Labor Deal Falls Short

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.21.2011

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After weeks of negotiations between auto workers and General Motors over a new four-year contract, the union announced Tuesday that the company plans ...

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UAW Says General Motors Labor Deal Creates Or Keeps 6,400 Jobs

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 11.20.2011

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DETROIT — In exchange for an agreement to create 5,100 union jobs in the U.S., General Motors will hire thousands of less expensive employees an...

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Let's Make A Deal: UAW Nears Vote On GM Contract

Posted 11.20.2011

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About 48,500 General Motors Co workers at U.S. factories will begin considering the details of a proposed four-year contract on Tuesday that repre...

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