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UAW Chevy Wins Big at Brickyard, Nonunion Toyota Eats ExhaustSubmitted by ATU 1700 on August 21, 2010 - 9:00am.
 Bankruptcies Up. No Work. Need Action Now to Create JobsSubmitted by ATU 1700 on August 20, 2010 - 2:58pm.
How badly do we need our elected leaders to come off their extended vacations and get to work stimulating the economy and creating real jobs? Workers, Activists Rally for Release of Bangladesh Labor Rights LeadersSubmitted by ATU 1700 on August 19, 2010 - 5:31pm.
Jeff Vogt, associate director of AFL-CIO International Department, reports on today’s rally at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington, D.C. Some 30 trade union and labor activists from the AFL-CIO, AFT, International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) and others rallied in front of the Embassy of Bangladesh today to protest the continued imprisonment on unsubstantiated charges of the leaders of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity (BCWS). Corporations Create More Jobs Overseas than in United StatesSubmitted by ATU 1700 on August 19, 2010 - 3:01pm.
Been looking all over the place for the millions of jobs the United States has lost in recent years. Finally found some of them today: They went overseas! Big Bloc of Dell Investors Back Call to Oust ChairmanSubmitted by ATU 1700 on August 19, 2010 - 1:25pm.
Richard Waters confirms that our call for shareholders to withhold their votes from Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Inc, had a big impact–just over 25 percent of shareholders withheld their support for his appointment, an extremely high percentage for such a vote. Here’s his report on FT.com, Financial Times’ online news site: Hotel Workers Tell Bank: “We Saved Your Jobs, Now You Save Ours”Submitted by ATU 1700 on August 18, 2010 - 5:05pm.
Glenn Beck to Jobless Workers: Go Work at McDonald’sSubmitted by ATU 1700 on August 18, 2010 - 4:03pm.
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