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Canada auto union extends GM, Chrysler contracts
The Canadian Auto Workers union decided late Monday to keep working past a midnight strike deadline after reaching a deal with Ford and extending its ...
Chicago teachers to again consider ending strike
An angry Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appeal to the courts to end a six-day teachers strike in the nation's third largest city set off a new round of ...
Weighing offer, Chicago teachers remain on strike
Chicago teachers uncomfortable with a tentative contract offer decided Sunday to remain on strike, insisting they need more time before deciding ...
Thousands of striking teachers rally in Chicago
Thousands of striking Chicago public school teachers and their allies packed a city park Saturday in a boisterous show of force as union leaders and ...
NHL, union have contact, but no talks scheduled
The NHL entered the final full day of its collective bargaining agreement with no sign of the owners and players coming together to hammer out a new ...
Negotiators have 'framework' to end Chicago strike
The city's nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution Friday after negotiators emerged from marathon talks to say they had ...
South Africa vows to halt mining violence
South African police fired stun grenades to disperse striking miners Friday, acting hours after President Jacob Zuma's government vowed to halt ...
Striking SAfrican miners reject Lonmin wage offer
South Africa's government and striking miners hardened their stances Friday, with miners rejecting a Lonmin platinum mine wage offer far below their ...
Bettman says another NHL lockout looms
With only two days left to avoid another damaging NHL lockout, players and owners huddled in separate circles to discuss what now seems inevitable.
Talks to end Chicago teachers strike make progress
The city's public schools will stay closed for at least one more day, but leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union and the school district kept talking ...
Teacher evaluations at center of Chicago strike
Educators in Los Angeles just signed a new deal with the city's school district. So, too, did teachers in Boston. Both require performance evaluations ...
Parents support Chicago teachers but for how long?
As Chicago teachers walked the picket lines for a second day, they were joined by many of the very people who are most inconvenienced by their strike: ...
Chicago teacher strike poses test for unions
The massive teachers' strike in Chicago offers a high-profile test for the nation's teachers' unions, which have seen their political influence ...
Chicago teachers strike in bitter contract dispute
For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: ABORTION and BIRTH ...
Chicago teachers to strike after talks fail
Chicago teachers went on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years after their union and district officials failed to reach a contract agreement ...
SAfrican Implats workers demand 10 percent raise
Monday is D-Day for the London-registered Lonmin PLC platinum mine. It hopes workers will report for duty in the fourth week of a violent strike for ...
Chicago teachers say latest offer disappointing
The vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union said Saturday the city school district's latest offer in contract negotiations was disappointing and ...
Chicago teachers ready to strike, hoping for deal
The Chicago Teachers Union and district officials said they will negotiate through the weekend, if necessary, to try to avoid a strike on Monday.
Lufthansa, cabin crew take dispute to arbitration
Germany's Lufthansa and a union representing cabin crews agreed Friday to take their bitter pay dispute to arbitration after flight attendants walked ...
Lonmin signs deal without striking union, miners
Managers of a platinum mine where South African police killed 34 striking workers signed a peace deal Thursday with main labor unions but a breakaway ...
Bankruptcy judge throws out AMR pilots' contract
American Airlines took a major step toward emerging from bankruptcy Tuesday, when a federal judge threw out its pilots' union contract. The airline's ...
Hyundai Motor union approves deal, ends strike
Hyundai Motor's labor union has voted to accept a deal for increased wages and the elimination of overnight shifts, ending one of the costliest ...
US Steel, union agree on pact for 16,000 workers
U.S. Steel and the United Steelworkers announced a tentative agreement Sunday on a three-year contract covering more than 16,000 workers at domestic ...