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Thursday 17 May 2012, 00:53:37

Top news stories from the USA

California In wake of Mexican bribery scandal, Los Angeles unions go on offensive against Wal-Mart [LA AFL-CIO] 2012-05-15

Judge: NLRB did not follow proper procedures when it approved new pro-union rules [NYTimes] 2012-05-15

Violence, Threats Increase in Colombia Ahead of Trade Deal Start [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-12

AFL-CIO president: JPMorgan loss shows Wall Street will lead U.S. economy ‘off a cliff’ [Washington Post] 2012-05-12

New York $12 million to help Cuomo and neutralize union influence came from just twenty donors [NYTimes] 2012-05-12

Other labor news from USA

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USW urges extending advanced TSA screening to flight attendants, cabin crew [USW] 2012-05-16

California Connecting The Dots, Charters, Corruption, Gulen & Privatization: Whistleblower Kathleen Carroll [Labor Video Project] For more info 2012-05-16

Severe Human Rights Violations at Food Processing Facilities Result in Global Labor Issues for Walmart [Making Change At Walmart] 2012-05-16

Massachusetts Mediator summoned as Pilgrim plant strike looms [SHNS] 2012-05-16

Obama Ad Focuses on Workers Who Lost Jobs When a Mill Acquired by Bain Capital Closed [NYTimes] 2012-05-16

New York Building Bridges Radio: May Day in NYC part 2 [WBAI's Building Bridges: Your Commuinity and Labor Report] For more info 2012-05-16

USW praises continued duties on tin sheet imports from Japan [USW] 2012-05-15

USW blasts house bill for weakening DOE worker safety [USW] 2012-05-15

USW says Marathon Petroleum’s actions impinge on safety and are unlawful [USW] 2012-05-15

USW statement on President Obama’s appointment to lead new Interagency Trade Enforcement Center [USW] 2012-05-15

West Virginia Former Coal Miner Out-Mobilizes Millionaire in Big Win for W.Va. Workers [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-15

Corporate Investors on Strike - Let's Democratize Investment [Talking Union] 2012-05-15

Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Strongly Opposes Changes in Worker Safety Contained in HR 4310 Defense Authorization Bill [Market Watch] 2012-05-15

Judge Overturns Rules on Union Votes [NYTimes] 2012-05-15

Deadliest Danger Isn’t at the Rig but on the Road [NYTimes] 2012-05-15

Court strikes down NLRB rule to speed up union elections [The Hill] 2012-05-15

Pennsylvania John Logan on why an Obama appointed judge revoked the NLRB rule to allow workers to vote on their union [RSS] For more info 2012-05-14

Urge the SEC to Force CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Disclosure [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-14

Trumka: Game's up for regulation opponents after JPMorgan losses [The Hill] 2012-05-14

Ohio Unions ready to play major role in 2012 elections, buoyed by big win last fall against law limiting collective-bargaining rights [Cleveland.com] 2012-05-14

District of Columbia DC workers plan a full day of action [Examiner] 2012-05-14

Trumka says Chase's loss shows Street needs regulation [Daily Journal] 2012-05-14

New York Unions have their say on American Airlines' bankruptcy [WFAA] 2012-05-14

California Labor groups accuse mayor of a war on women [LATimes] 2012-05-14

Florida Postal worker says mystery package made him ill [JP] 2012-05-14

Massachusetts Scholarship Program Surpasses $1 Million Mark [Mass. AFL-CIO] 2012-05-13

Wisconsin 'As Goes Janesville' 10 minute demo [371Productions] 2012-05-12

North Dakota ND Ranked One of the Worst for Workplace Safety [KFYR] 2012-05-12

AMR unions get their day in court [WSJ] 2012-05-12

American Airlines to explore merger options [Reuters] 2012-05-12

Wisconsin In film, Walker talks of 'divide and conquer' union strategy [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel] 2012-05-11

Subsidies Aid Rebirth in U.S. Manufacturing [NYTimes] 2012-05-11

New York Tentative labor deal reached at NY auto plant [AP] 2012-05-11

Appeals court backs Starbucks limit on baristas' union efforts [Chicago Tribune] 2012-05-11

New York Starbucks wins battle to limit pro-union pins [MSNBC] 2012-05-11

Nebraska Police union files defamation suit [Omaha World Herald] 2012-05-10

USW objects to Pinnacle Airline’s bankruptcy financing, citing unfair conditions set by Delta Airlines [USW] 2012-05-10

USW welcomes GAO report on employer policies, programs and practices that discourage workplace injury reporting [USW] 2012-05-10

Maine Occupy Maine sets health care rally in Portland [NECN.com] 2012-05-10

District of Columbia Senate Republicans Block Student Loan Relief—But Young People Make Their Voices Heard [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-10

Barrett Wins Primary Race to Take on Walker in Wisconsin Recall [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-10

Ohio Union Veterans Lobby at Statehouse [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-10

Trumka: Manufacturing Revival Vital to Strong National Security [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-10

District of Columbia John Stossel Follows in James O'Keefe's Footsteps [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-10

District of Columbia Fox News Instigator John Stossel Shows Up at the AFL-CIO [Democratic Underground] 2012-05-10

Local commentary: Food drive -- Help Postal Service 'Stamp Out Hunger' [HTRNews.com] 2012-05-10

The People’s G-8 - National Nurses United - May 18 [EPSU] 2012-05-10

Labor Department: Employers Advertising More Jobs [NPR] 2012-05-10

Job Openings Rise to Highest Level Since 2008 [Bloomberg] 2012-05-10

Employers posted 3.74 million March jobs [FOX] 2012-05-10

Hyatt workers face ergonomic risks, U.S. agency says [Reuters] 2012-05-10

District of Columbia Postal Service Holds Back on Closings [NYTimes] 2012-05-10

Labor, aerospace industry unite against cuts [Politico] 2012-05-10

New Jersey Former Labor Union Officer Pleads Guilty to Taking Payoff from Contractor [7th Space] 2012-05-10

Illinois Labor Unions Respond To Emanuel's Pension Reform Plan [Chicagoist] 2012-05-10

National Express Group’s US ‘human rights’ record under fire at AGM [Unite] 2012-05-10

Working Late, by Choice or Not [NYTimes] 2012-05-10

Wisconsin Why Wisconsin's Recall Clusterf#@k Matters [Rolling Stone] 2012-05-09

Wisconsin Wisconsin Dems Reject Labor Candidate [WSJ] 2012-05-09

Florida Police arrest 23 union protesters at Fla. casino [Associated Press] 2012-05-09

USW rejects Romney’s attack on unions and President Obama [USW] 2012-05-09

USW tells Compass Minerals to end illegal practices [USW] 2012-05-09

CPWR maps construction fatalities with interactive map [OH&S] 2012-05-09

Florida Letter carriers and USPS will collect nonperishable food items Saturday for distribution to food banks [St Augustine] 2012-05-09

Illinois Organized labor to Springfield leaders: Pass gaming solution [Decatur Tribune] 2012-05-09

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO’s Workers’ Voice Campaign in WI a Taste of Future PA Actions [Keystone Politics] 2012-05-09

Texas Make trade work for all Texans [Caller] 2012-05-09

New York NYC Labor Unions For Teachers, Principals Sue City Over School Closings [CBS] 2012-05-09

The changing face of US unions [The Next America] 2012-05-09

Maryland Saks Fifth Ave. to eliminate warehouse jobs in Maryland [Baltimore Business Journal] 2012-05-08

USW joins President Obama in calling on congress to create jobs [USW] 2012-05-08

Florida National Nurses complete unionization process at 10 Florida hospitals [Nashville Business Journal] 2012-05-08

Why Students Shouldn't Take Unpaid Internships [Daily Beast] 2012-05-08

Fewer unpaid internships to be offered [USAToday] 2012-05-08

New York Kosher-Food Manufacturer to Pay $577,000 in Settlement [NYTimes] 2012-05-08

Pitting Child Safety Against the Family Farm [NYTimes] 2012-05-08

Steven Greenhouse: The Uses and Misuses of Unpaid Internships [NYTimes] 2012-05-08

New Tool: Monthly Latino Employment Report [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-08

Young Workers Struggle to Find Jobs, Pay Student Debt [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-08

Trumka on 'Newsmakers': Jobs, Republicans, the NLRB and Walker [AFL-CIO] 2012-05-08

Massachusetts Pilgrim nuclear workers vote to authorize strike [Boston Herald] 2012-05-08

Thousands of nurses to march at G8 summit in Chicago, 18 May [PSI] 2012-05-08

Объединение в профсоюзы всех работников компании Alcoa [МФМ] 2012-05-07

Alcoa, entreprise syndiquée [FIOM] 2012-05-07

Sindicación en todo el consorcio Alcoa [FITIM] 2012-05-07

New York Brooklyn kosher food maker settles worker case [Wall Street Journal] 2012-05-07

New York Flaum Appetizing settles with immigrant workers in overtime pay flap [Jewish Telegraphic Agency] 2012-05-07

New York Kosher-Food Manufacturer to Pay $577000 in Settlement [New York Times] 2012-05-07

New York Hummus Company Agrees to $600K Settlement for Unjust Firings [DNAInfo] 2012-05-07

Michigan Collective Bargaining Resolution Passes Big at National Jewish Parley in Detroit [Jewish Labor Committee] 2012-05-07

North Carolina Occupy Raleigh campers abandoning site [NBC] 2012-05-07

Virginia Worker-friendly? Would Tim Kaine protect the right to work? [Fredericksburg.com] 2012-05-07

Trumka: AFL-CIO Establishing 'Permanent Campaign Structure' [National Journal] 2012-05-07

AFL-CIO’s super-PAC to begin running ads targeting Mitt Romney [The Hill] 2012-05-07

Interactive Map Identifies 2011 Construction Fatalities [EHS Today] 2012-05-07

Trumka: Labor wants Keystone pipeline, environmental issues can be resolved [The Hill] 2012-05-07

GM Presented New Compact-Car Strategy To Labor Unions [WSJ] 2012-05-07

Wisconsin Why Has Milwaukee Forgotten Victor Berger? [Huffington Post Canada] 2012-05-07

Jobs Few, Grads Flock to Unpaid Internships [NYT] 2012-05-07

Unions Confront Rising Tide Walkouts Decline Nationally, but Some Caterpillar Workers Are Willing to Gamble [WSJ] 2012-05-07