No holiday for labor unions

August 31, 2010

Labor Day this year comes draped in mourning. More than half of all workers have experienced a spell of unemployment, taken a cut in pay or hours, been forced to go part-time or seen other such problems during and after the Great Recession. Collap...

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Mass strike against pension reform hits France June 24, 2010
BASF agrees to buy Cognis for $3.8 billion June 23, 2010
Jobless benefits extension stalls in Senate June 17, 2010
New clash in World Cup labor dispute June 17, 2010
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Thousands of Minnesota nurses strike Twin Citie... June 10, 2010
Experts: BP's plan to protect spill workers ina... June 09, 2010
After suicides, scrutiny of China's grim factories June 06, 2010
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