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CNN
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A two-day strike at a Vietnamese factory that makes Nike sneakers has ended, but the plant remained closed after workers returned and violence erupted, a union official said. About 17,000 of Ching Luh's 21,000 employees reported to work Wednesday morning..
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MSNBC
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The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative four-year contract with Chrysler Wednesday, hours after going on strike and the same day General Motors workers ratified a separate four-year pact.
Next up: Ford.
A person with knowledge of the Chrys..
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Yahoo News
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DETROIT (AP) -- Thousands of Chrysler LLC autoworkers walked off the job Wednesday after the automaker and the United Auto Workers union failed to reach a tentative contract agreement before a union-imposed deadline.
It is the first UAW strike aga..
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Yahoo News
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Executives from Wal-Mart and three other major U.S. employers on Wednesday joined hands with union leaders in setting a goal of providing "quality, affordable" health care for every American by 2012...
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BusinessWeek
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The 1984 disaster was Union Carbide's fault, but many Indians want to hold Dow accountable
For nearly a quarter century, the name Bhopal has been synonymous with the dangers of industrialization. In the wee hours of Dec. 3, 1984, a toxic gas leaked fro..
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BusinessWeek
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After a decade of rapid advances in the former Soviet Union, Russia's mobile operators are placing big bets in India, Vietnam, and elsewhere
The Russians must know a thing or two about mobile telephony. After all, few countries in the world have seen s..
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MSNBC
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After 20 straight days of negotiations, the United Auto Workers union said it would strike General Motors Corp. Monday morning if a new contract agreement isn’t reached, citing the automaker’s failure to address job security and other concerns.
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BusinessWeek
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A new environmental economics journal praised the European Union's main weapon against global warming
The European Union's main tool in the fight against global warming - the emissions trading scheme (ETS) has been hailed by environmental economists..
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BusinessWeek
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The French leader's idea—an alternative to Turkey's bid for full European Union membership—isn't winning any fans in Istanbul
Turkey has strongly criticised a proposal, floated by France's new president Nicolas Sarkozy, to set up a "Mediterranean U..
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BBC News
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Nicolas Sarkozy, the new French President, is to meet union leaders at planemaker Airbus after making the troubled firm's revival a priority.
Mr Sarkozy will talk to managers, union officials and workers at the firm's Toulouse headquarters on Friday...
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BusinessWeek
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After fruitless talks with the restructuring German telco, union Ver.di says walkouts over wage cuts and poor working conditions are unavoidable
Germany's Ver.di trade union is planning the biggest strike since the privatization of German telecommunica..
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Denver Post
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The pilots union at United Airlines voted to reject an agreement that would have allowed the airline more staffing flexibility in exchange for improvements in pilots' working conditions, signaling dissatisfaction among the pilots.
About 68 percent vote..
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Denver Post
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Matt Krump waits at the light-rail stop at Union Station for the morning trip to his job in Greenwood Village. Krump, whose downtown residence he shares with his wife is a 10-minute walk from Union Station, likes his reverse commute.
When Brent Snyder..
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Los Angeles Times
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Just a day after agreeing to extend contract talks for three weeks, the union that represents 65,000 Southern California grocery workers targeted Albertsons for a strike vote Sunday.
Union officials say that despite the extension, negotiations are movi..
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Yahoo News
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American Airlines has rebuffed a demand by its pilots' union to immediately negotiate terms of the carrier's proposed service between Dallas and China...
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