Unions keen to avoid 'bloodbath'
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Unions say they avoided a showdown with Gordon Brown as they did not want to ruin his first conference as leader.
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As rising health-care costs hurt workers and retirees alike, America's trade unions are seen inching toward a broad-sweeping agreement with U.S. corporations on health-care reform.
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A showdown is expected at union Aslef's annual conference between supports of past and present leaders.
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Unions are locked in talks with Jaguar bosses in the hope of  persuading them not to stop car production at the Browns Lane factory in Coventry.
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A delegation of visiting U.S. union leaders expressed alarm Wednesday at what its members called a steady erosion of labor rights in the world's deadliest country for organized labor.
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Meetings are due in an effort to avert weekend strikes planned at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports.
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In a bid to survive and to persuade unions to accept deep pay and benefit cuts, managers at US Airways Group and Delta Air Lines are sharing some of the pain.
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A union representing Volkswagen workers on Thursday threatened to call for short warning strikes if no wage deal is reached this month, though union leaders say they're still willing to discuss ways to lower ...
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Government to face a challenge from unions to secure equal rights for agency workers.
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Wildcat strikes over looming job cuts at automaker Opel have caught a major German trade union off-guard at a time when its plate is full with opposition to mass staff cuts at other companies and to a ...
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Five public sector unions will meet John Prescott in a bid to avoid national strikes over pension reforms.
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Union leaders are to hold talks with  airport operator BAA  on Monday in an attempt to avert  a series of strikes that could cause widespread travel chaos in  January.
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The Canadian Union of Public Employees is preparing for a showdown with the Ontario Government. CUPE was quick to react after Health Minister George Smitherman said Ontario hospitals should look for savings in their janitorial and clerical services.
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How to navigate the treacherous waters of financial union.
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Teamsters call on group to give half of its funding back to the local unions to beef up organizing efforts. By Richard A. Ryan / News Senior Washington Correspondent.
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A national strike by hundreds of thousands of civil service workers is likely to go ahead, a union is to warn.
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Unions seek assurances on jobs in the event of a Barclays' takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro.