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<title>USA : Labor Tensions Threaten Airline Recovery </title>
<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703625304575116030010494148.html?mod=googlenews_wsj</link>
<description>Source: WSJ</description>
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<pubDate>12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Rescue and cleanup workers at Ground Zero reach deal over health claims</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/science/earth/12zero.html?src=twt&amp;twt=nytimes</link>
<description>Source: NY Times</description>
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<pubDate>12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mexico : Cananea Mine Battle Reveals Anti-Labor Offensive in Mexico, United States</title>
<link>http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6694</link>
<description>Source: Americas Program</description>
<guid>http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6694</guid>
<pubDate>12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Labor War in the Mojave </title>
<link>http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100329/davis</link>
<description>Source: The Nation</description>
<guid>http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100329/davis</guid>
<pubDate>12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Suttle, council at odds on talks</title>
<link>http://www.omaha.com/article/20100310/NEWS01/703119880/1009#suttle-council-at-odds-on-talks</link>
<description>Source: Omaha World Herald</description>
<guid>http://www.omaha.com/article/20100310/NEWS01/703119880/1009#suttle-council-at-odds-on-talks</guid>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : 'Toxic' Health Bill or No, Labor's 'Medicare for All' Activists Dig In</title>
<link>http://labornotes.org/blogs/2010/03/toxic-health-bill-or-no-labors-medicare-all-activists-dig</link>
<description>Source: Labor Notes</description>
<guid>http://labornotes.org/blogs/2010/03/toxic-health-bill-or-no-labors-medicare-all-activists-dig</guid>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Bush's union transparency rules retracted under Obama</title>
<link>http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/11/bushs-union-transparency-rules-retracted-under-oba/</link>
<description>Source: Washington Times</description>
<guid>http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/11/bushs-union-transparency-rules-retracted-under-oba/</guid>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Employers plan to shift more health-care costs to workers, survey reports</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR2010031100740.html?wprss=rss_nation</link>
<description>Source: Wash Post</description>
<guid>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR2010031100740.html?wprss=rss_nation</guid>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Not-so-nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission favors business over workers</title>
<link>http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/cbc/</link>
<description>Source: Talking Union</description>
<guid>http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/cbc/</guid>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : In case you're wondering whether unemployment is a bigger problem now than in past recessions...</title>
<link>http://www.gsmlaborcouncil.org/node/4793</link>
<description>Source: Mass. Jobs with Justice</description>
<guid>http://www.gsmlaborcouncil.org/node/4793</guid>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Goldman Sachs sued by IBEW pension fund over pay</title>
<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62763320100308</link>
<description>Source: Reuters</description>
<guid>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62763320100308</guid>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK : Kraft keeping Cadbury workers in the dark - Dromey</title>
<link>http://www.unitetheunion.com/news__events/latest_news/kraft_keeping_cadbury_workers.aspx?lang=en-gb</link>
<description>Source: Unite</description>
<guid>http://www.unitetheunion.com/news__events/latest_news/kraft_keeping_cadbury_workers.aspx?lang=en-gb</guid>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : In Zimbabwe, the Voice of the Worker</title>
<link>http://borderjumpers1.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-zimbabwe-voice-of-worker.html</link>
<description>Source: Border Jumpers</description>
<guid>http://borderjumpers1.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-zimbabwe-voice-of-worker.html</guid>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : 'Smoking gun' memo reveals Toyota workers' safety fears</title>
<link>http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article7058007.ece</link>
<description>Source: Times of London</description>
<guid>http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article7058007.ece</guid>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Prison workers go on strike over health care hikes</title>
<link>http://www.fsrn.org/audio/california-prison-workers-go-strike-over-health-care-hikes/6350</link>
<description>Source: Free Speech Radio News</description>
<guid>http://www.fsrn.org/audio/california-prison-workers-go-strike-over-health-care-hikes/6350</guid>
<pubDate>10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Brendan Smith:  GE’s Dirty Green Jobs</title>
<link>http://www.labor4sustainability.org/post/ges-dirty-green-jobs/</link>
<description>Source: Labor Network for Sustainability</description>
<guid>http://www.labor4sustainability.org/post/ges-dirty-green-jobs/</guid>
<pubDate>10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : GE's Dirty Green Jobs</title>
<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-smith/ges-dirty-green-jobs_b_490745.html</link>
<description>Source: Huffington Post</description>
<guid>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-smith/ges-dirty-green-jobs_b_490745.html</guid>
<pubDate>10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK : Unite welcomes MPs' move to quiz Kraft on how it 'misled' UK  </title>
<link>http://www.unitetheunion.com/news__events/latest_news/unite_welcomes_mps_move_to_qu.aspx</link>
<description>Source: Unite</description>
<guid>http://www.unitetheunion.com/news__events/latest_news/unite_welcomes_mps_move_to_qu.aspx</guid>
<pubDate>10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK : Government Must Ensure That Whoever Buys Pembroke Chevron Refinery Will Pledge To Keep It Open</title>
<link>http://www.gmb.org.uk/newsroom/latest_news/pembroke_chevron_refinery.aspx</link>
<description>Source: GMB</description>
<guid>http://www.gmb.org.uk/newsroom/latest_news/pembroke_chevron_refinery.aspx</guid>
<pubDate>10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Gaining a Formal Voice for the Informal Sector</title>
<link>http://borderjumpers1.blogspot.com/2010/03/gaining-formal-voice-for-informal.html</link>
<description>Source: Border Jumpers</description>
<guid>http://borderjumpers1.blogspot.com/2010/03/gaining-formal-voice-for-informal.html</guid>
<pubDate>10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Community Demands Living Wages at Queens Center Mall </title>
<link>http://www.rwdsu.info/en/archives/3/calls-living-wages-queens-center-mall-3810.html</link>
<description>Source: RWDSU</description>
<guid>http://www.rwdsu.info/en/archives/3/calls-living-wages-queens-center-mall-3810.html</guid>
<pubDate>09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Neither side budging in 3-year standoff between casinos, United Auto Workers in Atlantic City</title>
<link>http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic_city/article_8386ce94-2a6e-11df-a453-001cc4c002e0.html</link>
<description>Source: Press of Atlantic City</description>
<guid>http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic_city/article_8386ce94-2a6e-11df-a453-001cc4c002e0.html</guid>
<pubDate>09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Japan : Toyota workers raised safety concerns with bosses in 2006 memo</title>
<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-canaries8-2010mar08,0,1192458.story?track=rss</link>
<description>Source: LA Times</description>
<guid>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-canaries8-2010mar08,0,1192458.story?track=rss</guid>
<pubDate>09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : American lawmaker seeks Japanese worker memo questioning Toyota safety</title>
<link>http://www.detnews.com/article/20100308/AUTO01/3080410/1361/Lawmaker-seeks-worker-memo-questioning-Toyota-safety</link>
<description>Source: Detroit News</description>
<guid>http://www.detnews.com/article/20100308/AUTO01/3080410/1361/Lawmaker-seeks-worker-memo-questioning-Toyota-safety</guid>
<pubDate>09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Shaw’s workers spread out protest</title>
<link>http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/03/09/shaws_workers_spread_protest_to_local_grocery_stores/</link>
<description>Source: Boston Globe</description>
<guid>http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/03/09/shaws_workers_spread_protest_to_local_grocery_stores/</guid>
<pubDate>09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Public pension funds are adding risk to raise returns</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/business/09pension.html</link>
<description>Source: NY Times</description>
<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/business/09pension.html</guid>
<pubDate>09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : UAW leaders travel to Japan to ask Toyota to reverse decision to close factory </title>
<link>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313133,us-labour-union-asks-toyota-to-reverse-decision-to-close-factory.html</link>
<description>Source: Deutsche Press Agentur</description>
<guid>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313133,us-labour-union-asks-toyota-to-reverse-decision-to-close-factory.html</guid>
<pubDate>09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Workplaces Must Adapt to Greater Role of Women In Workforce</title>
<link>http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/08/workplaces-must-adapt-to-greater-role-of-women-in-workforce/</link>
<description>Source: AFL-CIO</description>
<guid>http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/08/workplaces-must-adapt-to-greater-role-of-women-in-workforce/</guid>
<pubDate>09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK : Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow</title>
<link>http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/670</link>
<description>Source: BECTU</description>
<guid>http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/670</guid>
<pubDate>09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Hyatt Workers Join International Women's Day March in San Antonio</title>
<link>http://www.unitehere.org/detail.php?ID=3197</link>
<description>Source: UNITE Here!</description>
<guid>http://www.unitehere.org/detail.php?ID=3197</guid>
<pubDate>09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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