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Minnesota At Victory Rally, Al Franken Shouts Out to Labor, Union Health Insurance 2009-07-04 [SEIU]

California Prime-Time Shuttle Workers Unanimously Approve First Contract 2009-07-03 [International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Union Review]

New York Bronx Cookie Factory Is Ordered to Reinstate Striking Workers 2009-07-03 [NYT]

Education secretary challenges NEA on teacher pay 2009-07-03 [Washington Post]

Trumka: Combative union leader steps from the shadows 2009-07-03 [NY Times]

Massachusetts Fire union gives chief vote of ‘no confidence’ 2009-07-03 [Boston Globe]

Massachusetts Unions sue over pension changes 2009-07-03 [Boston Herald]

The Great American Bubble Machine 2009-07-03 [Rolling Stone]

Illinois VIDEO: Chicago talks with unions to avoid layoffs 2009-07-02 [ABC Local]

Minnesota Labor joins in Franken’s long-awaited victory party 2009-07-02 [Workday Minnesota]

Minnesota Franken thanks union backers during celebratory rallies 2009-07-02 [Minnesota Public Radio ]

New York Judge: Kosher Company Illegally Coerced Workers Before Union Election 2009-07-02 [Forward]

New York Stella D'Ora found guilty by federal judge ActNOW! 2009-07-02 [BCTGM]

New research on casino worker risks from secondhand smoke 2009-07-02 [SafetyAtWorkBlog]

Remarkable address given by James P. Hoffa 2009-07-02 [Teamsters]

New York RWDSU win: 2 Bushwick Supermarkets in $1.1 mill settlement of labor charges 2009-07-02 [NYT]

Most recent college grads working low-skill jobs 2009-07-02 [McClatchey]

Federal employee union leader Richard Brown found dead at 47 2009-07-02 [Government Executive]

National Federation of Federal Employees president Richard Brown, 47, dies suddenly 2009-07-02 [Federal Times]

Labor Rallies for Health Care, But Keeps it Vague 2009-07-02 [Labor Notes]

California Laborfest July 2009 Schedule Of Events 2009-07-02 [Labofest]

Franken wins, Coleman concedes 2009-07-01 [pww.org]

Retirees picketing GM bankruptcy hearing in New York 2009-07-01 [pww.org]

Ludlow massacre site dedicated as national landmark 2009-07-01 [pww.org]

District of Columbia Working Families Call For Real Health Care Reform-Video 2009-07-01 [YouTube]

Voluntary safety approaches failed - report 2009-07-01 [Hazards magazine]

Warning to investors on nanotech risks 2009-07-01 [Hazards magazine]

Minnesota Time to get to work, Al! 2009-07-01 [Workday Minnesota]

California SEIU-NUHW conflict moves to Sacremento 2009-07-01 [Talking Union]

Kansas Talks with Spirit turn grim, SPEEA says 2009-07-01 [Wichita Eagle]

Kansas Cutting park jobs will hurt city 2009-07-01 [Wichita Eagle]

Nebraska Omaha tribe closes casino 2009-07-01 [Omaha World-Herald]

Minnesota Minnesotan unionists will join rally at State Capitol to congratulate Al Franken, Minnesota’s new U.S. Senator 2009-07-01 [Workday Minnesota]

GM to Close St. Pete Plant for 2 Months After Sickly Sales 2009-07-01 [Moscow Times]

Uribe Presses FTA in First Encounter with Obama 2009-07-01 [Inter-Press Service]

Labor movement backs UNITE HERE 2009-06-30 [Talking Union]

Wisconsin 20,000 U. of Wisconsin academics win collective bargaining rights 2009-06-30 [Chronicle of Higher Education]

Minnesota Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Franken Winner in Senate Race 2009-06-30 [AFL-CIO]

Central Asia Kyrgyz trade union support US union campaign for Employee Free Choice Act 2009-06-30 [UNI]

California BART's possible strike - a view from the street 2009-06-30 [SF Chronicle]

Labor Secretary Solis: ‘Level the Playing Field’ 2009-06-30 [AFL-CIO]

New Plant Closing Bill: ‘FOREWARNED’ Is Better Armed 2009-06-30 [AFL-CIO]

Catholic Scholars Support Employee Free Choice Act 2009-06-30 [AFL-CIO]

Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice advised support for EFCA and lobby DC politicians 2009-06-30 [Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice]

Unions oppose taxing of health benefits 2009-06-30 [Talking Union]

New York Three workers die in toxic wells in Queens 2009-06-30 [NYT]

New York 3 Workers Dead at Waste Plant in Queens 2009-06-30 [NY Times]

The art of labour 2009-06-30 [The Globe and Mail]

GM to halt Russian factory for two months 2009-06-30 [Reuters]

CLB urges Apple to investigate reports of serious management misconduct at China supplier factory 2009-06-30 [China Labour Bulletin]

Health tax focus of new labor ads 2009-06-30 [USA Today]

3 cleaning workers killed in putrid wel 2009-06-30 [AP]

Jewish Labor Committee Congratulates President Stuart Appelbaum for Affirming His Gay Identity 2009-06-30 [Jewish Labor Committee]

Jewish Labor Committee president comes out 2009-06-30 [JTA]

Solis deplores defacing, removal of gay pride posters at DOL headquarters 2009-06-30 [NY Times]

Union head criticizes US rights report 2009-06-30 [Kuwait Times]

New York 3 workers dead at waste plant in Queens, overcome by toxic fumes 2009-06-30 [NY Times]

South Carolina Charleston Sanitation Workers Fight for Union Recognition 2009-06-29 [Labor Notes]

Hawaii Hawaii furlough battle to heat up in coming week 2009-06-29 [Forbes]

New York Contract talks continue at Newfane 2009-06-29 [Buffalo Business First]

Kansas SPEEA: Talks with Spirit AeroSystems 'grim and disappointing' 2009-06-29 [Wichita Eagle]

Ohio ArcelorMittal tin mill temporarily halts production 2009-06-29 [WTOV-TV]

District of Columbia Note to union: Don't mess with success at this high-achieving charter middle school 2009-06-29 [Washington Post]

Colorado Unions protest Ritter's visit at Ludlow monument 2009-06-29 [AP]

Massachusetts Save the Jobs at Eagle Industries, US Army contractor 2009-06-29 [Workers United/SEIU]

Congress Hears Demands for Health Care Reform in Town Hall Meetings 2009-06-29 [AFL-CIO]

Business Professors: Employee Free Choice Act Good for the Economy 2009-06-29 [AFL-CIO]

More from the Health Care Town Hall Meetings 2009-06-29 [AFL-CIO]

New York Rite Aid’s Wrong, Workers Tell Shareholders 2009-06-29 [AFL-CIO]

G8 Union Leaders Issue Urgent Call to Tackle Jobs Crisis 2009-06-29 [AFL-CIO]

Women’s Chamber of Commerce Endorses Public Health Plan Option 2009-06-29 [AFL-CIO]

As Labor Faces Turning Point, UNITE HERE National Convention Opens 2009-06-29 [BeyondChron]

Soldiers swap fighting for jobs 2009-06-29 [strait times]

Labor big outs himself 2009-06-29 [Gay City News]

Minnesota Complaint alleges local Wal-Mart 'interrogated' pro-union workers 2009-06-29 [Minnesota Public Radio ]

Colorado Ludlow Massacre Site Dedicated as National Landmark 2009-06-29 [AFL-CIO]

SEIU leader has Obama's ear 2009-06-28 [Chicago Tribune]

Obama's curiously close labor friendship 2009-06-28 [LA Times]

Mining strike site in Ludlow gets feds' nod 2009-06-28 [Denver Post]

UAW: Ford deal aided with GM, Chrysler 2009-06-28 [Detroit Free Press]

Ohio Fight to keep Mansfield, Ohio, plant open strains UAW bonds 2009-06-28 [Flint Journal]

Hawaii Matson Navigation Co. reaches tentative agreement with three unions 2009-06-28 [Honolulu Advertiser]

Ludlow Massacre site dedicated as national landmark 2009-06-28 [AFL-CIO]

NFL union reaches deal with retired players 2009-06-28 [NY Times]

Tennessee YRC Worldwide wants to modify Teamsters labor agreement 2009-06-28 [Memphis Business Journal]

Florida Miami-Dade teachers try again to win pay raises 2009-06-28 [Miami Herald]

Florida Broward teachers bargain for raises in hard times 2009-06-28 [Miami Herald]

Michigan Tentative deal reached with Warren union 2009-06-28 [Warren Tribune-Chronicle]

California BART bets on strike going bust 2009-06-28 [SF Chronicle]

Texas Talks between Bell Helicopter, unions for production, office workers 2009-06-28 [Dallas Morning News]

District of Columbia Union demands changes after DC Metro train crash 2009-06-28 [DC Examiner]

District of Columbia Metro union leader urges safety precautions 2009-06-28 [Washington Post]

California Fiscal changes hit prison officers union hard 2009-06-28 [Sacramento Bee]

Texas Union says Houston teachers' raises are too low 2009-06-28 [Houston Chronicle]

New York Union calls on Morgan Stanley to reverse raises for top earners 2009-06-28 [Wall Street Journal]

California SEIU wins another election of healthcare workers 2009-06-28 [LA Times]

UFT's loss (of Weingarten) is AFT's gain 2009-06-28 [Education Week]

California BART unions ask state mediator to help 2009-06-28 [SF Chronicle]

For Fehr it was union first, always at a cost 2009-06-28 [ESPN]

Massachusetts Boston Globe reaches union pact, may repay some wages 2009-06-28 [Bloomberg Business News]

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