Labour Start

Headlines from US labour news from LabourStart

• UAW rules out concessions to help rescue the ailing Detroit-based car industry

• Union piles on pressure to save Detroit Three

• Citigroup to slash 50,000 jobs, expenses worldwide

• Citigroup to slash 52,000 jobs, sees 'difficult' 09 - 15 percent of work force to go

• Mayor Daley and organized labor reach agreement to dramatically reduce layoffs

• Daley to reduce union layoffs

• Citigroup, 4th-largest U.S. bank, to cut additional 50,000 jobs worldwide

• ICEM Pays Tribute to US Unions in Key Role in Election of Barack Obama

• Clout has plunged for automakers, and for union, too

• President of AFT says union is willing to bargain on merit pay, teacher tenure

• Widespread job losses on cards, SEIU warns of cascade of defaults on private equity deals

• Labor working for Employee Free Choice Act

• UAW head says that unions aren't to blame for Detroit's problems

• WSJ Opinion: Democrats Shouldn't Rush on Labor Legislation

• EFCA helps workers form labor unions

• What Obama promised federal workers in targeted letters on the eve of the Nov. 4 election (anyone remember EFCA?)

• Seeking aid, automakers have a friend in the UAW

• Just let them die (BIG 3)

• FAA labor unions seek Obama's help

• Federal workers wooed by Obama before election

• Seeking aid, automakers have a friend in the U.A.W.

• Wage Theft: A National Epidemic

• Senate will debate $25 billion auto bill Monday

• Union plans to start traditional teacher-run school

• Unions plan organization push in states with low levels of union penetration

• Economic Crisis Boils Democratic Message Down to Jobs

• King Day Participants to Celebrate Historic Shift in Nation’s Politics

• Help for U.S. Automakers Is a Good Deal for Everyone

• New Bush Rules Narrow Family Leave for Workers

• G-20 Unions: Time to Change Direction of Global Economy