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Indiana Deputy Attorney General Fired Over Threatening Twitter Posts

Indiana Deputy Attorney General Jeff Cox has been fired for remarks he made on Twitter last week, suggesting riot police in Wisconsin should use live ammunition when clearing protesters out of the Wisconsin Capitol building. The tweet led to a war of words between Cox and Mother Jones magazine editor Adam Weinstein, who...

Union Membership Declines Amid Hard Economic Times

The faltering pace of growth in the U.S. economy and sickly state of the jobs market contributed to a steady drop in union membership around the country, as the role of organized labor continued to decline. In 2010, the rate of union membership among wage and salary workers was just 11.9 percent, down from 12.3 percent a...

Doorman Strike Could Throw New York Off-Kilter

(April 5) -- New York City's ubiquitous doormen and faceless building owners have squared off in the age-old dance of contract negotiations -- a well-choreographed routine, to be sure, but one where a misstep could disrupt the lives of a million city residents. The Realty Advisory Board, which represents the owners of...

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03/22/12 Service Employees International Union Source: The Pinnacle - Hollister CA
05/05/11 Service Employees International Union's Texas... Source: Dallas Observer - Dallas TX Who knew that Ron Natinsky's early-morning jab at Mike Rawlings over his union endorsements would become The Issue of the Day?

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Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a labor union representing about 1.8 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States (including Puerto Rico), and Canada.

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