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IATSE Gets Behind Canadian Screen Awards Makeover |
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(THR, 1/2/13)
A revamped Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is hoping the gravitational force of Hollywood from the U.S.-based crew union will boost its coming-out party.
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Trumka's Statement on the 'Fiscal Cliff' Agreement |
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(AFL-CIO Now, 1/2/13)
The agreement passed by the Senate last night is a breakthrough in beginning to restore tax fairness and achieves some key goals of working families…But lawmakers should have listened even better.
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A Tough Year For Unions, With Few Bright Spots Ahead |
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(NPR, 12/30/12)
This year was a tough one for organized labor. In June, Scott Walker — the Wisconsin governor who banned collective bargaining for public employee unions — survived a recall election. And, despite huge protests in Michigan, the union stronghold became the 24th right-to-work state, banning unions from requiring workers to sign up. That came just 10 months after Indiana passed a similar law.
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Stagehand Hurt on Twain’s New Show Struggles to Recover |
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(Las Vegas Review Journal, 12/26/12)
Matthew Moore sits in his Pahrump home, his arm in a cast and his neck in a brace. The 35-year-old stagehand remembers nothing about how he ended up in this position.
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IATSE Ends Strike Against Pac-12 Network |
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(LATimes, 12/18/12)
The union representing Hollywood's film and television crew workers has ended its walkout against the Pac-12 Network.
Declaring a "victory" in a strike launched nearly two weeks ago, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees President Matt Loeb called off pickets that had been scheduled this week at Pac-12 college basketball games, including those at UCLA and USC, and told members they were free to return to work.
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Nevada, Right-to-work with Strong Unions, A Labor Bright Spot but Difficult to Duplicate |
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(Star Tribune, 12/17/12)
The future of the American labor movement may lie just off the Las Vegas Strip, inside a building near the Stratosphere casino.
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Unions Can Aid the Economics of Older Workforces |
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By Michael Hodin (The Fiscal Times
12/17/12)
The recent “right to work” legislation in Michigan may be the latest challenge to labor unions’ relevancy in the 21st century – but let’s not write the obituary for labor unions just yet. They can remain relevant, vibrant components of this current century if – and this is key – if they can support workers’ need by helping their members craft longer, more productive careers.
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