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2. Federal labor board has been much more pro-worker under ... - AOL

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   Starbucks and the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency charged with protecting workers’ rights, will be battling each other before the Supreme Court Tuesday, in one of numerous ...

3. Labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The US Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent survey indicates that union membership in the US has risen to 12.4% of all workers, from 12.1% in 2007. For a short period, private sector union membership rebounded, increasing from 7.5% in 2007 to 7.6% in 2008. [1] However, that trend has since reversed.

4. Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - Wikipedia

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   Samuel Gompers, Chair, Executive Committee. The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada ( FOTLU) was a federation of labor unions created on November 15, 1881, at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh. [1] It changed its name to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on December 8, 1886.

5. US labor market still tight; trade seen subtracting from Q1 ...

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   The unemployment rate is forecast unchanged at 3.9%. Labor market strength is boosting consumer spending, which is pulling in imports. A separate report from the Commerce Department's Bureau of ...

6. It’s ‘just what the Fed chair wanted’ as the economy adds ...

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   In a clear sign of labor-market cooling, U.S. employers added only 175,000 jobs in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. That was down from March’s revised 315,000 figure, and ...

7. North America's Building Trades Unions - Wikipedia

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   The Building and Construction Trades Department, commonly known as North America's Building Trades Unions ( NABTU ), is a trade department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) with 14 affiliated labor unions in the building trades. It was originally founded by the American Federation of Labor ...

8. Office of the United States Trade Representative - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .ustr .gov. The Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR) is an agency of the United States federal government responsible for developing and promoting American trade policy. [1] Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is headed by the U.S. Trade Representative, a Cabinet-level position that serves as the U ...

9. Government shutdown, labor strikes will likely weigh on US ...

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   Americans are taking notice of a possible government shutdown and the uncertainty of ongoing labor strikes, according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer sentiment survey.. The ...