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Weekly Digest – Sept. 4, 2013

Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Poll Finds Most Americans Approve of Unions Americans approve of labor unions by a 54%-39% margin, according to a Gallup poll released Aug.

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Weekly Digest – August 29, 2013

Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Unions’ Support Key in Great ’63 March It's often forgotten that unions played a key role making the 1963 March on Washington a

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Weekly Digest – August 22, 2013

Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel SAG-AFTRA Re-Elects Ken Howard President SAG-AFTRA co-president Ken Howard won the union’s presidency in his own right Aug. 15, defeating Esai Morales in

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Weekly Digest – August 14, 2013

Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Chicago Guitar Center Workers Vote for Union Workers at a Guitar Center store in Chicago voted Aug. 9 to join the Retail, Wholesale

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Weekly Digest – August 8, 2013

Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Walmart Empire Strikes Back Walmart has fired about two dozen workers who joined a one-week strike in early June, and issued warnings to

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Weekly Digest – August 1, 2013

Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Fast-Food Workers Stage One-Day Strike Chanting “Hold the burgers, hold the fries, make our wages super-size,” fast-food workers in New York and five

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Weekly Digest – July 10, 2013

Compilied By Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Walmart, Other Chains Release Rival Bangladesh Safety Plan Seventeen major American retailers who refused to sign a safety accord for factories in Bangladesh

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Weekly Digest – July 3, 2013

Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Bay Area Rapid Transit Workers Strike Bay Area Rapid Transit System workers went on strike July 1 for the first time in 16

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Weekly Digest – June 26, 2013

Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Bay Area Transit Workers Authorize Strike The two largest unions in California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit system have voted almost unanimously to authorize

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