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Miner's Day: Appreciate, Honor and Remember...A petition to the Legislature of the State of West Virginia...

Unfortunately, the week of wildcat strikes appear to be over. But the ability of people to defy all authority and rise up against cutbacks in their working conditions can be an inspiration to us all. But it can be even more instructive to workers facing similar things here in the U.S., like for workers at Delphi, the auto parts supplier, and mechanics currently on strike, for some of the same reasons, against Northwest Airlines....

Edison Brentwood Academy and Edison-McNair Academy in East Palo Alto are the first Edison Schools Charter schools to unionize. Contract was ratified, and includes increase in pay and limited protection for 5th-year teachers....

In the background of the Sago Mine disaster...

SF Laborers were illegally laid off from the city by DPW. The SF supervisors appropriated $1.8 million to rehire them but due to corruption , Discrimination and retaliation the City is refusing to rehire these workers....

Former Local 588 President Jack Loveall and his son, Jacques, have been at the forefront of leading concessionary bargaining with Safeway and Northern California’s other major food employers since the Lovealls took over 588 in 1984. The UFCW 588 impact on bargaining increased when the union merged five local unions in the early 1990’s to expand its membership from 9,500 to 22,000 making it the largest local union in Northern California. No successful labor dispute could be fought if Local 5...

Fourteen miners have died in a span of three weeks at mines in West Virginia. On Capital Hill Monday, David Dye, the Acting Assistant Labor Secretary For Mine Safety & Health, walked out of a hearing on mine safety before he could answer further questioning and hear from other witnesses. We speak with Ellen Smith, editor of Mine Safety and Health News....

Electrolux wants to close the half of its factories in Europe and relocate them to low-wage countries. The AEG fact­ory is one of those affected, over 1750 jobs are to be lost. Even the new factory in Poland is already too expensive. The idea of a boycott has already been taken up spontaneously by many Nuremberger citizens. They have reacted to the planned lay-offs by stating to the press: “We are not buying anything more from AEG-Electrolux“....

Ford Motor Company announced plans on Monday to eliminate between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs by 2012. This amounts to more than 20 percent of the company’s North American workforce, and nearly 30 percent of its manufacturing jobs, where the bulk of the reductions will take place. The Ford plan is only the latest stage in a major assault by US automakers on the jobs, wages and benefits of their workers, an assault that is having devastating consequences throughout the US, Canada and other countrie...

Health care drive expands to 30 more states...