Labor News And Notes Round Up For 9/11

The latest stories from the front lines of the labor fight across the country... Public workers, union members and employees of utilitty companies... OUR Wal-mart is fighting for workers rights at the country's largest employer. Taking a
By Kenneth Quinnell — September 11, 2011

The latest stories from the front lines of the labor fight across the country... Public workers, union members and employees of utilitty companies...

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  • OUR Wal-mart is fighting for workers rights at the country's largest employer.
  • Taking a look at the state of today's unions./a>
  • Labor leaders are calling for Hershey to stop abusing workers.
  • Fox bashes infrastructure spending as bailout for unions, ignoring the importance of infrastructure not only for workers, for the economy as a whole.
  • Conservative media continue to try to smear Jimmy Hoffa for calling on people to vote.
  • Unions are big supporters of the American Jobs Act, even if they don't think it's perfect.
  • Hyatt workers in four cities are on strike.
  • The Federal Aviation Administration has been extended for another short period.
  • Workers are growing more unhappy with their health benefits and promotions.
  • The AFL-CIO is calling on the National Labor Relations Board to protect undocumented workers from being cheated out of earned wages.
  • International Longshore and Warehouse Union protests in Washington state are the subject of some controversy.
  • The majority of working poor in the U.S. are now in poverty.
  • Conservatives media are attacking the blocking of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger, suggesting it is anti-jobs, which nearly everyone else says isn't true.

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