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Silly season at United Airlines
What's in a number? A good-sized headache if you're United Airlines, which was lampooned after it came to light that it had resumed using the flight numbers of the two United planes that terrorists...
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On Labor Day, a grim picture for workers
Two years after the recession ended, U.S. workers still face a grim job market. And with tepid economic growth and an election year breeding uncertainty, companies are likely to have the upper hand for...
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Not quite the union label
Can a hybrid union/professional association give white-collar employees a voice at work without the power of collective bargaining? By Stephenie Overman, contributor FORTUNE -- Labor unions have...
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Rob Arnott: Most hedge funds disappoint
Funds have underperformed at a time when they are drawing more and more money from middle class retirement accounts.
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Fast-food workers: We’re not lovin’ it
FORTUNE — Fast-food workers are continuing their struggle for higher wages and better working conditions Thursday, with protests and strikes planned in more than 150 U.S. cities and 30 countries....
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In limiting Obama’s appointment power, Supreme Court voids worker rights
A Supreme Court decision on Thursday reined in the president's power to temporarily fill senior government positions without a Senate vote. The complicated, unanimous decision written by Justice...
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Can a new brand of unions help America’s workers?
Hardly a day goes by when American unions are not attacked from some quarter: Last week, the Supreme Court weakens unions representing home care workers, one of the lowest paid and fastest growing...
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McDonald’s loses big on labor ruling
The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday ruled that McDonald's MCD qualifies as a joint employer of workers at its franchise restaurant locations, a decision that--if...
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New York’s Citi Bike workers cleared for first ever union vote
A year after New York City launched North America’s largest bicycle sharing program, the workers who maintain the system's 6,000 bikes and 332 docking stations are pushing for union representation....
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The Obama Administration’s stealth plan to remake the workplace
The past year in labor has been one of globally coordinated fast-food worker strikes, minimum wage fights, and union triumphs and failures. It has also been yet another frustrating year for America's...
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Fast-food worker strikes: After two years, is there anything to show?
The fast-food strikes that will hit 150 cities on Thursday, as workers demand $15 an hour and union representation, began two years ago, almost by accident. As Kendall Fells, organizing director of...
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Wage Watch: NFL cheerleaders notch victory in pay suit against Oakland Raiders
Raiderettes – $1.25M, Raiders – 0 Eight months after they sued the Oakland Raiders for failing to pay the minimum wage, two former cheerleaders are set to receive a chunk of a $1.25 million settlement...
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Wage Watch: American Airlines workers declare victory after 19-year union push
After two-decade fight, airline agents unionize In what's been touted as one of the biggest union victory in years, customer service agents from the newly merged American Airlines and US Airways voted...
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Unions join the climate fight
Working at a nursing home in New York City, Myrtle E. Williams had seen her share of severe storms. But neither she nor her union colleagues gave much thought to climate change, figuring the occasional...
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Nurses union to Obama: Enforce Ebola protections at hospitals
This week, registered nurses will gather in cities across the country--from Bangor, Maine, to St. Louis to Sacramento--to call on the Obama administration and Congress to institute standards for...
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Wage Watch: Transgender Army staffer wins landmark discrimination case
Report: Army discriminated against transgender employee In what’s been heralded as a landmark determination, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel on Thursday found that the Army discriminated against a...
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Wage Watch: 4 red states could get a minimum wage hike on Election Day
Election Day on Tuesday will likely mark the transfer of Senate power from Democrats to Republicans and it could also give workers in four Republican-led states a new, higher minimum wage. In Alaska,...
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Wage Watch: Labor unions endure a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week
Unions hit hard at the polls.. Count unions among the many victims of the Republicans domination at the polls on Election Day, as organized labor leaders and supporters failed to help Democrats hold...
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Wage Watch: Postal workers protest service cuts and plant closings
Mail workers: Reductions will “destroy” Postal Service United States Postal Service employees will protest at 125 locations nationwide on Friday in opposition to proposed plant closings and reduced...
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Atlantic City workers protest casino closing and Carl Icahn
Members of the Unite Here Local 54 union who work at Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort walked the length of the city's famed boardwalk on Wednesday evening to protest cuts to their benefits...
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