| Striking Mott's workers get boost from union president | |
| They say they're the victims of corporate greed. Their company says it's offering a generous contract.
Mott's workers have been striking at the company's applesauce plant in Williamson for nearly seven weeks now. [Go to Article] | |
| Perez pushing hard for labor-friendly solution to state budget mess | |
| As California slogs through its fourth week without a budget, Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez has emerged as either the most loved or loathed of the four legislative leaders, depending on your perspective.
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| Netroots-Labor Solidarity: A Work in Progress | |
| Netroots Nation shuns hotel over worker treatment, as bloggers and labor strenghen alliance [Go to Article] | |
| UFCW Poll Finds Support for Living Wage | |
| One day before a City Council subcommittee will meet to consider living-wage legislation governing large employers, a public opinion and strategy firm called Lake Research Partners has released a poll indicating that Baltimoreans support such legislation. The poll was funded by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union and their WakeUpWalmart campaign. [Go to Article] | |
| Poll shows opposition to health care overhaul declining | |
| Opposition to the landmark health care overhaul declined over the past month, to 35 percent from 41 percent, according to the latest results of a tracking poll, reported Thursday.
Fifty percent of the public held a favorable view of the law, up slightly from 48 percent a month ago, while 14 percent expressed no opinion about the measure, according to the poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation. [Go to Article] | |
