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• GR Starbucks employee firing triggers global protests

  7/4/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: WOODTV8

• SEIU, the US public service union, sends support to UNISON

  7/3/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: UNISON

• AL: Retired frefighter, turns into a true American hero

  7/3/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: CNN

• In Tennesee and in New England, Carpenters picket against 1099 Misclassification

  7/3/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: JoesUnionReview

• Seattle, WA: Fighting for the next generation, Sprinklerfitters Local 699 go on strike

  7/3/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: JoesUnionReview

• ITF lends backing to dockers' contract negotiations

  7/3/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: ITF

• Flight Attendants Face High-Pressure Cabins

  7/3/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: NPR

• Indiana Union Members Tell McCain: �Don't Tax Our Health Care'

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: AFL-CIO

• U.S. Jobs: Down Again

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: AFL-CIO

• Trumka: Don't Let Opponents Divide Us by Race in 2008 Election

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: AFL-CIO

• Weekly paychecks take hit as job market deteriorates

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Economic Policy Institute

• Los Mineros President grateful for USW solidarity

  7/3/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Steelworkers

• AFL-CIO supports Zimbabwe trade union members facing continuing violence

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: AFL-CIO

• Obama talks of sacrifice and national service

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Los Angeles Time

• Ford to lay off at least 300 from Kentucky Truck

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Courier-Journal

• Strike shuts down major construction

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• Joint bargaining, organizing top goals of steel workers-British union pact

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Press Associates Inc.

• Employers Cut Payrolls for Sixth Straight Month

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Bloomberg

• Employment Rate Drops as Economy Sheds 62,000

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: CEPR

• Employers Cut 62,000 Jobs in June; Jobless Rate Steady

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: NYT

• Wal-Mart violated worker rights more than 2 million times, Minnesota judge rules

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Workday Minnesota

• Death in the Field: An interview with Arturo Rodriguez of the United Farm Workers of America

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: The Dominion

• Steelworkers merge with British union

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: NY Times

• Steelworkers merge with British Union

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: NYT

• Shipping companies file charges over May Day anti-war strike

  7/2/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: libcom.org

• NY concrete drivers walk, Peterbuilt workers locked out, USW massive Vegas solidarity with Taxi driver demonstration, LIUNA "Build America" petition

  7/1/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Joe'sUnionReview

• USW Convention delegates support Vegas Taxi Drivers

  7/1/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Steelworkers

• SOAR members endorse Barack Obama

  7/1/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: Steelworkers

• USW, Unite form world's first global union

  7/1/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: USW

• Obama's pitch to the working class

  7/1/2008 8:00:00 PM

  Source: glabour writers