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IG: USPS Underusing Plan Intended to Cut Labor Costs


2013 Dreams of Jobs and Freedom Scholarship


Saturday Mail Service Saved for Now, USPS Says


OSHA Proposes $33,000 Penalty for Safety Violations


Why Saturdays Without Mail Can Be Risky


Postal Service Blames Carriers in Traffic Ticket Dispute


Congress to Force Postal Service to Keep Saturday Delivery


How Will Saturday Delivery Changes Affect Businesses?


How the Postal Service Is Being Gutted


Postal Service Stuck in Middle of Budget Battle


Postmaster General Begs Congress for Flexibility in Cost Cuts


Postal Worker Retires After 44 Years Without Sick Day


Postal Service Says It’s Immune from Local Traffic Laws


Postal Service Tries to Get Smarter on Routing


Goodbye Saturday Mail? Postal Service Plans Cuts.


Postal Service Is More Modern than You Think


Postal Service Probed for Travel Expense Waste


Get Ready - The Fight Goes On


Postal Service Fiscal Cliff: Real, and Possibly Unavoidable


Court Finds Netflix Gets Unfair Postal Advantage


US Postal Service Faces Fiscal Cliff


Lawmakers 'Committed' to Postal Reform in New Congress


Think Tank to Study Privatizing Most Postal Service Operations


Guardsman Ordered Reinstated by Postal Service with Back Pay


A New Ad Campaign Won't Save the U.S. Postal Service


The Least Expensive Way to Ship Holiday Gifts


Fewer Holiday Catalogs but Still Plenty in Mail


Postcard Sent in 1943 Finally Arrives


Postal Reform Bill Unlikely to Pass This Year


Twenty Thousand Postal Clerks Take a Buyout


Postal Service Posts Record $16 Billion Loss for 2012


Fifty-Seven Hundred Post Offices under Review,

Hours to Be Reduced at 500 on November 17


No New Buyouts on Postal Service Horizon


Post Office Pension Surplus Shrinks as Rates Fall


Pay Raise Set for November 17


Fletcher Station and Altura Station

now shells of their pasts


NEWS  Postal Service Increasing Prices

NOT NEWS FedEX and UPS Expected to Do the Same


Postal Service Gets Boost from Election


APWU, USPS Negotiate Retirement Incentive


In Times of Tragedy, APWU Members Support Each Other


Postal Service Offers Buyouts to APWU Clerks, Others


The DUO is Now a Do Over


Postal Service to Default Again


Consumers Rate America’s Favorite Services


Eight Reasons USPS Productivity Is Declining


Postal Service Woes Hurt Communities


Ten Things the Postal Service Won't Tell You


More than 4,000 Postmasters Take Buyouts, Early Outs


Postal Service Can't Pay Its Bills


No Rescue for Postal Service as It Defaults on Health Care Benefits


House Bills to Name Post Offices? 60! To Fix Mail Service? 0!


USPS Turns to Buyouts to Cut 28,000 Jobs


Postal Service's Next Deadline: Aug. 1


Postal Plants to Shrink, 28,000 Jobs at Stake by 2014


USPS Saves Colorado’s Rural Post Offices


Postal Service: Will Keep Rural Post Offices Open


Colorado's Rural Post Offices Find Friends in Congress


The Truth About The U.S. Postal Service


Postal Service Closings Could Be Averted by Senate Measure


USPS Closings Making Small Businesses Nervous


Senate Begins Debate on Postal Service Relief Bill


Postal Unions to Take Their Case to Income Tax Filers Tuesday


Postal Service Work Hours at Historic Low Last Year


Postal Service Racks up Big Bill for Unauthorized Overtime


Postal Cutbacks Could Cost $5 Billion


Postal Closures Concern Election Officials, Voters


USPS Pullout: Jeopardize Federal Health Insurance Program


Putting the Postal Service's Losses in Perspective


Postal Service Steers Attention Away from 'Flawed' Revenue Study


Postal Service Defends Salaries as Lawmaker Looks to Cap Pay


Postal Carriers First In Line For Bioterrorism Defense


Senate Takes Up Postal Service Bill


Postal Service Problems a Microcosm of Entire Government


Senate Could Take up Postal Bill Next Week


Postal Service May RIF up to 2,000


Colorado Post Offices See Increase in Marijuana Packages


Postal Service Closing 4 Processing Facilities in Colorado


Postmaster General’s $384,000.00 Pay Sparks Call for Cut


Can the Post Office Be Saved? Should It Be?


Workers Have the Right To Speak Out Against Closures


Commission Faults USPS Planning for Post Office Closures


Postal Service Plant Closures Will Be 'a Mess'


What's the Future of the Postal Service?


First-class Mail Still Matters for Businesses and Consumers


Postal Service Cuts to Slow First-class Mail


USPS Wants to Limit Next-day Service


Thirty-eight Postal Execs Earn More than Cabinet Members


Postal Service Parceling Work to Fewer Letter Carriers


USPS Job Review Program Has Brought Slew of Complaints


$641 Million: The Price of Disgruntled Employees


USPS Workers Paid to Do Nothing? Under 1 Million Hours.


Postal Service to Resume Pension Payments


Senate Committee Approves Postal Buyout Funding Shift


Senators Introduce Postal Legislation

Union: Short-Term Relief, Long-Term Damage

Twisted Government Accounting behind Postal Service Woes

Postal Union Hires Big Guns to Save Service

A Postmaster Goes to War Against His General

Save America’s Postal Service Rally Photos

Customers Fear as Post Office Struggles

Postal Service Could Have Tough Time Making Mass Job Cuts

Post Office Closure Would Shut Town's Community Hub

Postal Service Eyes Closings, Overhaul of Retail Approach

Proposed Closures Spark Anger, Challenge Rural Identity

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Citing a poor economy that increased demand for its services, yet made it harder to raise the money necessary to deliver them, Chicago’s Hull House has closed its doors after more than 120 years.

The Ludlow Massacre


Labor's Bookstore!  For union leaders, activists and rank-and-file members.

AFL-CIO -- American's Unions The Center for Working-Class Studies

Alex Sullivan Memorial


CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio

It's Official: Random Inspections Improve Workplace Safety


Jumbo Severance Packages for Top CEOs Are Growing


Costco: The Cheapest, Happiest Company in the World


Is Wal-Mart Mooching Off Taxpayers to Keep Wages Low?


Wal-Mart's Low Wages Cost Taxpayers


The Top 1% Now Controls 39% Of The World's Wealth


Reuters Editorial: Stinging Indictment Of Wall Street Bankers


Poor Hit Hardest by Washington Budget Cuts


CEO Pay Rises to $9.7 Million on Average in 2012


Higher College Tuition As Administrative Salaries Rise


Why Bad Bosses Are Bad For Business


GOP Seeks Alternative to Overtime Pay


CEO Pay Is More Out of Whack than Ever


$50M for Getting Fired?


Penney Spent $170 Million on Johnson Group


Over 550 Killed, 1,000 Still Missing in Factory Collapse


Bangladesh Toll 547; Search Becomes More Gruesome


What Happens When Good Jobs Leave, and Don't Come Back


Twinkies Showdown Another Blow to Unions


New Twinkie Maker Shuns Union Labor


Building Collapse in Bangladesh Kills 87


Walmart Protests Break Out Following Factory Collapse


Average Walmart Employee Earns 1/785 of CEO's Salary


Scott Walker’s Jobs Fraud


Hospital Opens Food Bank for Struggling Employees


Minimum Wage Increase: 'A Matter Of Justice'


Top Reason to Raise the Minimum Wage


Inequality Threatens 'Global Society'


Workers Revolt over 2 Minute Bathroom-break Policy


Flu Season Fuels Debate over Paid Sick Time Laws


American Airlines Looks For A Fresh Start With New Look


Following Obama Win, Republicans Eye Electoral College Changes


How Extreme Is the Business Roundtable?

Check Out Its Attack on the Elderly


Just When You Thought the Hostess Story Couldn't Get Worse...


Retired Postal Worker to Government: Take My Money


More Than 300,000 Millionaires Could Go Off 'Cliff'


The Real Reason Democrats Want to Raise Taxes on the Rich


Will Obama Help Unions?


Majority of Rich Want Themselves Taxed More


Romney Earns Politifact’s ‘Lie of the Year’


FedEx Overcharged Customers for Years, Sealed E-Mail Says


When Unemployment Runs Out


McDonald's $8.25 Man and $8.75 Million CEO Shows Pay Gap


Obama: Unions Build a Stronger America


The AFL-CIO Reacts to the November BLS Jobs Report


Wal-Mart Strikes Inspires Fast-Food Workers


Sign Of The Times: Strikes May Make Comeback


How The Voter ID Crusade Backfired On Republicans


Vulture Capitalism - Not Unions - Killed Twinkies


Why We Need Labor Unions After All


Top Romney Adviser Brags About Losing Poor, Minority Voters


Nearly 15 Million Households on Food Stamps


Why the Fiscal Cliff Is like Getting a Huge Paycheck Cut


Workers' Christmas Wish: Fire the Boss


The Cost of Cheap Clothes at Wal-Mart, Sears


FedEx Driver Fired over Accent


Twenty-one Ways Rich People Think Differently


Plutocrats: Meet the 0.01%


GOP-led States Start Warming up to Health Care Law


Walmart Walkout: 1,000 Strikes Expected in 9-day Period


Consumer Sentiment Jumps Ahead of Elections


CEO to Workers: I May Fire You if Obama Wins


A Tale of 2 US Employment Surveys, at a Glance


Minimum Wage and What It Buys You: 1950s to Now


Court Blocks S.C. Voter ID Law for 2012,

But Clears It For the Future


Walmart Workers Protest For Higher Pay, Job Security


Walmart Workers Fight for Right to Form Union


Striking Walmart Workers Make History


United States of ALEC


We’re All Makers and Takers


Court Rules PA Voters Can Cast Regular Ballots without ID


Congress Posts Member Financial Data on Internet


Almost 2,400 U.S. Millionaires Pocketed Jobless Benefits


Where did the mammoth US budget deficits come from?


Voter Registration Problems Widening in Florida


The More Americans Benefit from the Safety Net,

the More They Hate It


What Are American Workers' Biggest Fears?


One in 3 Workers Bullied at the Office


Women Face Stubborn Wage Gap

as Wages Fall for Everyone


Judge Tosses Wisconsin Union Reform:

Why Judges Are Dismantling the GOP Agenda


Government Job Cuts Killing the Economy?


Manufacturing Jobs Boom Is for Real


Median Income Falls, but so Does Poverty


Why Wages Aren't Rising


The Wealthy Are 288 Times Richer than You


World's Richest Woman Lauds $2-a-day Wages


The Betrayal of the American Dream


Three Answers to the Auto Bailout Debate


Companies Boosted Profits without Hiring This Spring


Report: 15% of Americans on Food Stamps


Middle Class vs. the 1%: It’s About to Get Really Ugly


Consumer Sentiment Hits Three-month High


America's Workers: A Year of Ups and Downs


The Low-wage Jobs Explosion


Unions Flex Revived Political Might for Labor Day Weekend


What Did $800 Billion REALLY Buy the Country?


Americans Think the Rich Are Smarter, But Greedier


Pew Study Reveals Real Problem With Economy


Most Americans Say the Rich Don't Pay Enough Taxes


Republican Platform: Cut 10% of Workforce, Privatize TSA


Middle-class Share of America's Income Shrinks


Many in Middle Class Say They Are Doing Worse Financially


Two Jobs, Hard Times


Middle Class Falls Behind


Striking Caterpillar Workers Approve Contract


Wal-Mart PR Rep Poses as Reporter, Infiltrates Union Meeting


Typical CEO Made $9,600,000.00 Last Year


Poverty Increasing Among Retirees

When Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew told Congress last week of plans to take money from two federal employee retirement funds to avoid defaulting on the national debt, there was hardly a peep. No outrage. No dismay. Not even a question. Next Union Meeting
Do government regulations in the workplace protect employees and consumers, or does the high cost of compliance merely drive companies to layoffs and bankruptcy? Proponents of each argument make their cases based on passion and little else since the available studies on the issue have been biased in one way or another. Now, a new study designed to produce more objective results has shown that random safety inspections do indeed improve safety without leading to burdensome expense or job loss. Some scientists say the randomized, controlled study design could be a model for testing whether proposed future regulations are likely to be effective.