http://www.mixx.com Mixx of items from the union collection en-us The death of a temporary Wal-Mart worker trampled by customers amid frantic Black Friday shopping could have been avoided, the union that represents retail workers said Saturday. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:36:35 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2947226/wal_mart_death_preventable_union_says thingy_2947226 spook1840 http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/29/black.friday.death/index.html Boeing’s longest labor dispute in the past decade came to a close this month as union machinists returned to work. The strike cost Boeing an estimated $100 million dollars a day in deferred revenue and further delayed the production of the 787... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:53:48 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2900806/avoiding_labor_disputes thingy_2900806 reversemerger http://reversemergerblog.com/2008/11/21/avoiding-labor-disputes/ Neil Young canceled his concert last night (October 30) at the Los Angeles Forum to show support for union workers. The singer was set to play the venue but dropped the performance after learning that the International IATSE planned to picket his show. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:06:17 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2643602/neil_young_cancels_la_concert_to_show_union_support_rock_on_the_streets_music_news thingy_2643602 gcarlos92707 http://rockonthestreets.com/2008/10/31/neil-young-cancels-la-concert-to-show-union-support/ The California Teachers Association released a statement on their website today announcing their opposition to the proposed $2 to $4 billion in cuts to California’s education system as a result of the projected revenue shortfalls for the state. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:33:36 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2622542/california_teachers_association_opposes_budget_cuts thingy_2622542 adam.haverstock http://thepolicyreport.net/2008/10/29/california-teachers-association-opposes-budget-cuts/ California Proposition 11, an initiative that will take the ability to design the districts for state elected officials is on the ballot for November 4.  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as many elected officials and candidates have c Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:04:21 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2613477/new_prop_11_commercial_features_firefighter thingy_2613477 adam.haverstock http://thepolicyreport.net/2008/10/28/new-prop-11-commercial-features-firefighter/ Smithfield Foods dropped a racketeering and extortion lawsuit against a union, which in turn agreed Monday to end its bitter economic and publicity campaign against the nation's largest pork producer. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:04:05 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2600390/big_pork_producer_oks_union_n_c_slaughterhouse_vote_usatoday_com thingy_2600390 Tomatoes http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-27-pork-union_N.htm The California Teachers Association, the Labor Union that represents the K-12 education teachers in California announced it had donated $1 million this week to the campaign against Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex marriages in California Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:13:19 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2492987/california_teachers_association_is_wasting_contributors_money thingy_2492987 adam.haverstock http://thepolicyreport.net/2008/10/17/california-teachers-association-is-wasting-contributors-money/ How to save money by changing union (fagforening) if you are a regular Danish employee in Denmark. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2431617/billige_fagforeninger thingy_2431617 warryfarry http://www.skiftfagforening.dk/ The California Teachers Association, the California Labor Union the advocates for the K-12 teachers in the state has released their positions on the California Propositions on the November ballot. While they did not take a position on all of the proposi Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:39:44 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2356181/california_teachers_association_takes_positions_unrelated_to_education thingy_2356181 adam.haverstock http://thepolicyreport.net/2008/10/07/california-teachers-association-takes-positions-unrelated-to-education/ October 5, 2008 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:24:57 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2331937/union_president_defends_obama_against_racism_video thingy_2331937 huffingtonpostreader http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/04/union-president-defends-o_n_131954.html