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AFL-CIO PRESIDENT SWEENEY SPEAKS ABOUT JOBS

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on January 18, 2006. Sweeney discussed what he sees as the erosion of good American jobs. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)


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WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A top U.S. labor leader says he's open to a compromise in stalled legislation making it easier for unions to organize by mandating a "card-check" system.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Big labor jumped into the healthcare fray Thursday, calling on union members to counter "far-right and corporate-backed" opponents of reform.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- It isn't easy to build reliable heavy military air transport aircraft, or military air lifters. Currently only the United States and Russia have mastered the job, and the European aircraft industry, led by Germany and France, is trying to join them. But other nations have been forced to take different routes.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Unions are using the election of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama as a springboard to reorganize and renew the labor movement, leaders say.
LONDON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- British comedian Frank Skinner, known for his routine use of swear words, will host a TV special on profanity, the BBC says.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The AFL-CIO asked U.S. regulators Thursday to determine whether Wal-Mart has broken the law by trying to influence its workers' votes.
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Former Rep. John Sweeney apologized after being charged with drunk driving in Clifton Park, N.Y., with allegedly twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Labor leaders have written to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff urging him to declare he will not collect information about union membership.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. labor leaders, rallying outside Iraq's U.S. embassy, pressed the prime minister to uphold workers rights as Iraqi oil workers are targeted in Basra.
LONDON, May 13 (UPI) -- The BBC has denied allegations it orchestrated a demonstration against Scientologists.
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