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Headlines from US labour news from LabourStart

• USA : Century City streets reopen after SEIU protest; 13 arrested

• USA : Former workers protest outside Chinese restaurant

• USA : Jesse Jackson to lead Detroit march for jobs

• USA : Union president slams Palin on her home turf

• USA : Trumka: Palin’s Rhetoric Is Dangerous, Poisonous

• USA : 90 Years After the Vote, U.S. Women Still Seek Economic Citizenship

• USA : Voters in Alaska Beat Back Extremist Political ‘Gag’ Measure

• USA : Tomato Pickers’ Struggle Coming to a Grocery Store Near You

• Mexico : Victory for workers! Agreement reached at Johnson Controls in Mexico

• USA : The corporate “race to the bottom” and the blindspots of power elite liberalism

• USA : Teamsters Union Protests Coca Cola’s Labor Practices, as Company Shutters Plants

• USA : Strike affecting Coke deliveries despite contingency plan

• USA : Teamsters: Coca-Cola Investor Alert

• USA : Coke Cancels Health Care For Employees Who Have Paid Their Premiums

• USA : Working-Class Rage Erupts Over Proposed Islamic Center Near ‘Ground Zero’

• USA : A Brief History of Labor Unsolidarity: AFL-CIO and Change to Win

• USA : Hotel Walk-Off Strike Continues New Wave of Worker Militancy

• USA : Chicago News Coop: A Thriving Industry Built on Low-Compensated Temp Workers

• USA : Struggling Cities Shut Firehouses in Budget Crisis

• USA : Facing Long Mine Rescue, Chile Spares No Expense

• USA : Surprise Inspections of Mines Sometimes Come as No Surprise

• USA : Labor dispute between Taunton-based Haskon, Esterline heats up

• USA : Quincy Medical Center Nurses Appeal to Public for Help In Convincing Management to Provide Safe Staffing

• USA : Who Pays to Save Social Security? Us or Them?

• USA : Social Security: Bipartisan Fervor to Whack the Old Folks

• USA : The Attack of the Killer Deficit?

• USA : ‘Social Security is Going Broke’...and Other Lies

• USA : Retirees Rally to Say 'Hands Off Social Security'

• USA : NY Taxi Group Battles Anti-Muslim Hatred after Cab Driver Stabbed

• USA : Taxi Driver Groups Taking Multiple Routes to Organize