US labour news from LabourStartWhere trade unionists start their day on the net.Trumka: Workers will come together in 2008 Vote- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Source: AFL-CIOhttp://blog.aflcio.org/2008/08/18/trumka-workers-will-come-together-in-2008-vote Two Boston Sheet Metal Workers Risk Lives to Save Rail Passenger- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Source: AFL-CIOhttp://blog.aflcio.org/2008/08/18/two-boston-sheet-metal-workers-risk-lives-to-save-rail-p... Ohio Jobless Rate at 15-Year High; McCain Plan May Kill 8,000 More- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Source: AFL-CIOhttp://blog.aflcio.org/2008/08/18/ohio-jobless-rate-at-15-year-highmccain-plan-may-kill-80... Barack Obama makes organized labor nervous- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Source: Blogging Stockshttp://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/18/barack-obama-makes-organized-labor-nervous/print/ House debates religious schools labor union role- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Source: Scranton Times-Tribunehttp://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2008/08/19/news/sc_times_trib.20080819.a.pg3.tt19... Teamsters Rally In Support of Bud Workers- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Source: IBThttp://unionreview.com/teamsters-rally-support-bud-workers McCain and the NRA are soul mates in union-busting- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Source: reader writerhttp://unionreview.com/mccain-and-nra-are-soul-mates-union-busting Obama tilt toward Rubinomics stirs warning from organized labor- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Source: Bloomberghttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aJ.pKsYB_DfU&refer=home Video: Painter's union members in Ohio show support for Obama- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Source: Ohio AFL-CIOhttp://anti-union.blogspot.com/2008/08/video-painters-union-members-in-ohio.html |