Archive for the ‘unions’ Category

French Strikers Disrupt Rails for a Second Day

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Strikers shut down French trains and buses, disrupted electricity production at nuclear plants and barricaded universities Wednesday, giving President Nicolas Sarkozy the toughest challenge yet to his ambitious plans for restructuring the country's huge social welfare programs.Read the full story

Mine, steel workers back Edwards

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Union backing should help push Edwards into the top tier with Hillary and Barack: John Edwards won the endorsement of the United Steelworkers and the United Mine Workers of America as more than 1,000 union members cheered the Democratic presidential candidate.Read the full story