The preceding are links to press clips courtesy of the AFL-CIO.  This information from the mainstream media is being provided to give you quick access to news and commentary about issues affecting working people.  Keeping informed about worker issues and how labor unions are being viewed in the mainstream media can be of help with our duties as union representatives, because matters affecting others now may affect our members later.  The articles are copyrighted.  In order to reprint, permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.

Mortgage Crisis Spreads Past Subprime Loans	New York Times
GM offers all U.S. union workers buyouts or retirement	Reuters
Union-busting tactics on the increase, warns TUC	Guardian Unlimited (UK)
Stimulus package K Street letdown	Politico
Delta, Northwest talk with unions	Denver Post
Attendants at Delta ask vote to join labor union	Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
GAO and Its New Union Reach Agreement on Raises	Washington Post
For many teachers, 2 jobs a prerequisite	The Miami Herald
Steering clear of products tainted by child labor	MarketWatch

 

 

 

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