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Friday 12 March 2010, 00:16:58

Top news stories from the USA

Goldman Sachs sued by IBEW pension fund over pay [Reuters] 2010-03-11

Brendan Smith: GE’s Dirty Green Jobs [Labor Network for Sustainability] 2010-03-10

Thousands Tell Big Insurance: Blocking Health Care Reform Is a Crime [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-09

New York Community Demands Living Wages at Queens Center Mall [RWDSU] 2010-03-09

Egyptian Workers To Receive Meany-Kirkland Award [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-08

Other labor news from USA

Click on the state name to see labor news from that state.

'Smoking gun' memo reveals Toyota workers' safety fears [Times of London] 2010-03-11

In Zimbabwe, the Voice of the Worker [Border Jumpers] 2010-03-11

Kraft keeping Cadbury workers in the dark - Dromey [Unite] 2010-03-11

In case you're wondering whether unemployment is a bigger problem now than in past recessions... [Mass. Jobs with Justice] 2010-03-11

New York Not-so-nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission favors business over workers [Talking Union] 2010-03-11

Employers plan to shift more health-care costs to workers, survey reports [Wash Post] 2010-03-11

Bush's union transparency rules retracted under Obama [Washington Times] 2010-03-11

'Toxic' Health Bill or No, Labor's 'Medicare for All' Activists Dig In [Labor Notes] 2010-03-11

Nebraska Suttle, council at odds on talks [Omaha World Herald] For more info 2010-03-11

Gaining a Formal Voice for the Informal Sector [Border Jumpers] 2010-03-10

Wales Government Must Ensure That Whoever Buys Pembroke Chevron Refinery Will Pledge To Keep It Open [GMB] 2010-03-10

Unite welcomes MPs' move to quiz Kraft on how it 'misled' UK [Unite] 2010-03-10

GE's Dirty Green Jobs [Huffington Post] 2010-03-10

California Prison workers go on strike over health care hikes [Free Speech Radio News] 2010-03-10

New York New York School Closings Move the Angry to Action [Labor Notes Troublemakers Blog] 2010-03-09

Washington Mourning Students Interrupt Politics as Usual in Washington State [Labor Notes Troublemakers Blog] 2010-03-09

District of Columbia Anger at Insurance Companies Pulls 1000s to Protest [Labor Notes Troublemakers Blog] 2010-03-09

Texas Women's Day March in San Antonio Says 'Ya Basta' to Abusive Treatment of Workers [Labor Notes] 2010-03-09

Texas Hyatt Workers Join International Women's Day March in San Antonio [UNITE Here!] 2010-03-09

Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow [BECTU] 2010-03-09

Workplaces Must Adapt to Greater Role of Women In Workforce [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-09

California UAW leaders travel to Japan to ask Toyota to reverse decision to close factory [Deutsche Press Agentur] 2010-03-09

Public pension funds are adding risk to raise returns [NY Times] 2010-03-09

Massachusetts Shaw’s workers spread out protest [Boston Globe] 2010-03-09

Toyota workers raised safety concerns with bosses in 2006 memo [LA Times] 2010-03-09

American lawmaker seeks Japanese worker memo questioning Toyota safety [Detroit News] 2010-03-09

New Jersey Neither side budging in 3-year standoff between casinos, United Auto Workers in Atlantic City [Press of Atlantic City] 2010-03-09

England Takeover Panel to look into Kraft's closure of Cadbury factory [Guardian] 2010-03-08

Nebraska Police pension change proposed [Omaha World Herald] For more info 2010-03-08

New Lawsuit against Coca-Cola [International Rights Advocates] For more info 2010-03-08

Massachusetts Shaw's distribution workers go on strike [NECN] 2010-03-08

Massachusetts Unions’ support is no lock for Patrick [Boston Globe] 2010-03-08

Massachusetts Stop & Shop strike averted [Boston Globe] 2010-03-08

California Battle at Pleasanton Country Club Over Health Care [KCBS] 2010-03-08

Flight attendants union wants combat training [LA Times] 2010-03-08

Building Bridges Radio: Degraded Workers with Tom Juravich plus Michael Moore's Coop Alternative [Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report] For more info 2010-03-07

Flight attendants union wants combat training [LA Times] 2010-03-07

USA:n työttömyys yllätti varovaisen myönteisesti [Helsingin Sanomat] 2010-03-07

Rhode Island Central Falls Superintendent Agrees to Resume Talks with Teachers [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-07

Rhode Island Executive Council: Central Falls Students Deserve Better than Mass Teacher Firing [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-07

Rhode Island Firing of Central Falls, R.I., Teachers ‘Illegal, Unjust, Disgraceful’ [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-07

Unions Plan Protests Against Big Banks [NY Times] 2010-03-06

Facebook Fears: Labor Law And Social Networking [Mondaq] 2010-03-06

Massachusetts Stop & Shop union plans for vote tomorrow [Boston Globe] 2010-03-06

Unions square up to Kraft to demand pay rise for Cadbury workers [Guardian] 2010-03-06

California Union Protests Hugo Boss Fashion On The Red Carpet [LA Weekly] 2010-03-05

California Labor Strife Follows Hugo Boss to Red Carpet [The Wrap] 2010-03-05

California March 4 Day of Action Ripples Through California and Beyond [Labor Notes] 2010-03-05

England Kraft cuts first jobs with ‘indecent haste’ [Unite] 2010-03-05

Nebraska Critics want police to give more [Omaha World Herald] For more info 2010-03-05

Nebraska City finances not in pay equation [Omaha World Herald] 2010-03-05

Massachusetts Stop & Shop unions issue strike notice [Boston Globe] 2010-03-05

Massachusetts Dramatic shake-up planned at 12 Boston public schools [Boston Globe] 2010-03-05

New Jersey Budget crisis calls for tough decisions [Daily Targum] For more info 2010-03-05

New Studies Show: Layoffs Kill. What Are We Doing About It? Nothing [Forward] For more info 2010-03-05

California Thousands march on California capital for quality education [Talking Union] 2010-03-05

Without a collective bargaining agreement, uncertainty for the NFL [Washington Post] 2010-03-04

Pro-union, anti-free-trade liberal Rep. Levin chosen interim chair of Ways and Means [Washington Post] 2010-03-04

A Nurse in Haiti's 'Unfathomable Sea of Need' [Labor Notes Troublemakers Blog] 2010-03-04

Video: Fighting Wage Theft in New York [Labor Notes Troublemakers Blog] 2010-03-04

Support Miners in Three Countries [Labor Notes ] 2010-03-04

Alabama Bus Drivers Locked Out After Daylong Strike at University of Alabama [Labor Notes ] 2010-03-04

Budget Woes Prompt Privatization Fights in Public Transit [Labor Notes] 2010-03-04

New York NY Boutique Boss Arrested, Faces 4 Years in Jail for Stealing Wages [Labor Notes] 2010-03-04

California California Reformers Beat Appointees in SEIU Megalocal’s First-Ever Election [Labor Notes] 2010-03-04

California California Activists Set for Day of Action to Defend Public Education [Labor Notes] 2010-03-04

Rhode Island AFL-CIO backs R.I. teachers against Obama [UPI] 2010-03-04

Iowa Crawford County in talks with union [Omaha World Herald] 2010-03-04

California Toyota offers workers bonuses at California factory slated to close [LA Times] 2010-03-04

California LIUNA Local 166 Hodcarriers & Bricklayers Local 3 Members Picket DOL [Labor Video Project] For more info 2010-03-04

Hilda Solis: protecting workers, not corporations [Talking Union] 2010-03-04

Le gouvernement en guerre contre l’utilisation abusive des contrats flexibles [Miroir] 2010-03-03

Massachusetts Troublemakers Go to ‘School’ in Boston [In These Times] 2010-03-03

Executive Council Approves Action to Create New, Good Jobs [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-03

Texas Chavez-Thompson Wins Texas Lt. Governor Primary [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-03

New Mexico 2 employees killed in oil refinery fire [AP] 2010-03-03

California Major Labor Board Ruling Begins to Clear the Way for Union Elections at 51 California Healthcare Facilities [SEIU UHW] 2010-03-03

Appraising Obama Alliance, Labor Leaders Push for Jobs [In These Times] 2010-03-03

California SF leaders condemn SEIU tactics [SF Bay Guardian] 2010-03-03

Wrecking U.S. Economy Didn’t Start With Labor: Harry J. Holzer [Business Week] 2010-03-03

Targeting public-sector unions [Governing] 2010-03-03

Massachusetts Temporary Workers Made To Think Twice Before Taking Union Jobs [Mass Labor News] For more info 2010-03-02

Rhode Island Obama's support for firing of all Central Falls H.S. teachers has AFT outraged [Washington Post] 2010-03-02

Obama's plan to close International Labor Comparisons office has unions angry [Washington Post] 2010-03-02

California SF TWU250-A Drivers & Riders Rally & March Against Attack On Transit Workers And Public [Labor Video Project] For more info 2010-03-02

Frykter pågående kutt i IBM [digi.no] 2010-03-02

Biden to AFL-CIO: Organizing Bill Can Pass [WSJ Blogs] 2010-03-02

Meryl Streep to play NI trade union activist [Irish Times] 2010-03-02

Economic Crisis Hitting Young Workers Hard [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-02

Biden to Executive Council: We Need A Middle Class [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-02

Government seeking $1.4 million back wages in H-1B visa case [e Week] 2010-03-02

Rejecting Stern appointees, SEIU 1021 members give reformers election sweep [Talking Union] Image 2010-03-02

Alabama ATU Crimson Ride drivers on strike at University of Alabama [Tuscaloosa News] For more info 2010-03-01

White House looking at new policy that would give an advantage in bidding on government contracts to companies offering [AP, via Cherry Hill Courier Post] 2010-03-01

Authors Tell What It's Like at the Bottom of Labor Market [The Ledger] 2010-03-01

Transportation Department furloughs 2,000 workers today [Michigan Business Review - MLive.com] 2010-03-01

Florida NASA Workers Launch Effort to Save Jobs [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-01

Indiana Thousands Tell Whirlpool: Keep It Made in America [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-01

Minnesota Rally March 4 to ‘defend public education’ [Workday Minnesota] 2010-03-01

Unions vow to keep pressure on Congress for health reform [Workday Minnesota] 2010-03-01