Labor no impediment to deal: Vaile
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A LATHAM election win would not affect the willingness of the United States to certify the legislation establishing the Australia-US free trade agreement, federal Trade Minister Mark Vaile said yesterday, effectively diffusing the trade deal as a
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PRIME Minister John Howard today said Australia was unlikely to sign a non-aggression pact with its Asian neighbours. The issue is reportedly causing tension ahead of Mr Howard&#39;s visit to Laos for the ASEAN leaders&#39; summit next week.
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The head of the United Auto Workers union on Monday said that a strike against the struggling U.S. auto industry remains a possibility should workers be unable to agree on terms with the three Detroit-based automakers in contract talks starting this week.
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United Auto Workers chief Ron  Gettelfinger said on Wednesday the union was not heading into  the upcoming labor negotiations with the U.S. automakers in a  &quot;concessionary mode.&quot;
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg has offered to help get stalled labor negotiations between Broadway stagehands and theater producers back on track, but feels "at least for the next month or so, there is no danger of a work stoppage or lockout on Broadway."
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Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd says it does not want to limit its options on the price it has offered for Australia&#39;s National Foods Ltd.
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Australia's government says it will not block a proposed takeover of the country's flagship airline Qantas.
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Amtrak reached a deal with its union, averting a possible strike at the end of this month, people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
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Negotiators for the NHL and its players' union discussed various topics in their first face-to-face meeting in over a month, but the league's labor problems were not the focus of the talks.
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Business feared the Labor Party in government because of its links with unions, Harvey Norman chief executive Gerry Harvey said. But Mr Harvey also said that having the Coalition or Labor in government made little difference to the economy.
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Top global aluminum producer Alcoa   apparently dodged a bullet with a last-minute labor deal  for 9,000 workers across the United States, averting the need  for a threatened hard-line stance that could have included the  use of replacement workers.
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Mahesh Bhupathi believes he and Leander Paes will have no trouble putting their off-the-court differences behind them at August's Olympic Games and says they can win a medal for India.
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Campaigning was never going to be easy for opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham: an Australian economy into its 13th year of expansion, interest rates at their lowest in 30 years, inflation in check an close race likely to be decided in just a
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The IRA is not the problem in the negotiations aimed at breaking the political stalemate, says Sinn Fein.
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Â· Special retirement terms for state workers targetedÂ· French president begins talks with unions today
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Federal Labor leader Mark Latham has ruled out disendorsing Queensland Labor candidate Ivan Molloy, over comments about the Bali bombings.
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United Auto Workers chief Ron Gettelfinger said on Wednesday the union was not heading into the upcoming labor negotiations with the U.S. automakers in a "concessionary mode."