News for May 24, 2006

Headlines: IAM Chooses Lesser of Two Evils At Northwest Airlines / U.S. Airways On "Collision Course" With Flight Attendants Union / AFTRA Backing Senate Version of Broadcasting Indecency Bill / USW Questions Financial Management of Cemetary Owner / Economic Report: The Economics of National Health Care

News for May 23, 2006

Headlines: As go Laborers - so go 700,000 members of the AFL-CIO / Class action suit filed against 29 nursing homes in California / Data of 26.5 million U.S. veterans stolen from home / Border patrol union pushes for law enforcement status / Economic Report: What is NAFTA's role in immigration debate?

News for May 22, 2006

Headlines: AK Steel lockout enters 88th day / 10,000 Northern New Jersey nurses say they are ready to strike / President of Iraqi Freedom Congress says war plunged millions of Iraqi's into poverty / Economic Report: New century, same glass ceiling

News for May 19, 2006

Headlines: Mesaba Airlines Fails To Destroy Union Contracts In Court / Sensenbrenner Says Bush Turned Back on Bill White House Helped Write / IBEW Defends Pensions At Power Company In Wisconsin / Strike Authorized By USW if Alcoa Contract Talks Break Down / Economic Report: Jobless Claims, Inflation Up

News for May 18, 2006

Headlines: Is the EEOC in a crisis? / Working People Unite for Political Victory In Pennsylvania That Could Predict November Results / Economic Report: What is the value of home ownership?

News for May 17, 2006

Headlines: 95% of Delphi UAW Workers Vote To Authorize a Strike If Needed To Defend Wages / Women Still Struggling To Reach The Top In Labor Movement / No Agreement Yet Between IAM, Northwest Airlines / WIN Sports: Are Baseball Stats Historical Facts Or Intellectual Property?

News for May 16, 2006

Headlines: Avendano: Immigration reform doesn't go far enough / Allied Waste contract includes controls on forced overtime / Economic Report: Existing home sales are cooling

News for May 15, 2006

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News for May 12, 2006

Headlines: Tom Leedham Out To Overturn What He Calls “Celebrity Business Unionism” In The Teamsters / AFL-CIO and CtW will coordinate election efforts / Economic Report: Toyota Sienna, an American original?

News for May 11, 2006

Headlines: Poor and Working Families In Gulf Still Struggling Amid “Massive, Racist Criminal Neglect" / Continental Tires changes lay-off date from September to July / Former Maytag workers watch as Whirlpool shrinks jobs

News for May 10, 2006

Headlines: San Mateo County nurses prepare for strike / Labor Notes: "Organized labor will not survive without immigrants." / Comair asks judge to reconsider decision not to throw out flight attendants contracts

News for May 9, 2006

Headlines: Reynolds American organizing campaign heats up; company ambiguous on threats to move jobs / Labor Notes Conference Coverage: Mesaba Pilot Says Airline Stooping to New and Obscene Levels

News for May 8, 2006

Headlines: Public schools to cut back on soft drink sales to combat obesity / Labor Notes Conference Coverage: Delphi Union Activist Urges Militancy and Solidarity / Denver unions oppose 2008 Democratic Convention bid

News for May 5, 2006

Headlines: Unemployment claims hit highest rate since November 2005 / UNITE-Here issues report: Creating Luxury, Enduring Pain / Child labor worldwide on the decline / Sports Report: Not everyone cheers NFL entry-level form of hiring / Economic Report: Bay State gives parents up to 12 weeks off for newborns

News for May 4, 2006

Headlines: Northwest Pilots accept contract and concessions / UAW Calls For A Strike Vote At Delphi / Air Jamaica may be headed for a strike / After losing in bankruptcy court; Comair back in negotiations with flight attendants / Economic Report: How much is a stay-at-home Mom worth?

News for May 3, 2006

Headlines: UM Striking Janitors Win - They Get Card Check To Form Union / Laborers Union Uses Capital Clout To Increase LaFarge Buyout Stock Price / TWU Sues NYC Metro Transit Authority For Refusing To Honor Second Contract Vote / USW: Continental Tire Arbitrary Wage Cut is Illegal / WIN Sports: NFL Draft Is Exempt From Antitrust Laws

News for May 2, 2006

Labor news for Tuesday, May 2