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USA : Sign Petition! Tell Walmart: Stop Retaliating Against Chicago Warehouse Workers!

Source: Warehouse Workers for Justice

USA : Superb bio chronicles life, Utah execution of labor icon: Joe Hill narrative honored with Evans award at USU event

Source: Standard-Examiner

USA : Will it end? Chicago teachers to vote on strike

Source: AP

USA : Tyson workers receive long-awaited payment from wage and hour lawsuit settlement

Source: UFCW

New talks on tap as East Coast port strike looms

From the Wall Street Journal:
A new round of negotiations has been scheduled in the dispute between shipping companies and dock workers at ports along the East Coast.
Federal mediators announced the new talks on Thursday. They are scheduled for the week of Sept. 17.
The longshoremen’s contract expires at the end of September, and some retailers have already begun re-routing ships in anticipation of a possible strike.
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USA : In Chicago, outline for a deal on teachers' contract

Source: NY Times

USA : Wisconsin state judge strikes down Scott Walker's harsh collective bargaining law

Source: NY Times

USA : Super PAC gives $4 million to support Prop. 32

Source: SF Gate

USA : Judge strikes down law limiting union rights

Source: ABC

USA : Whoa: judge strikes down Wisconson union-busting law

Source: Teamster Nation