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UPDATE 2-Shell oil workers in Gabon begin “unlimited” strike on Thursday

Jan 12, 2017

(Updates with Shell reaction) LIBREVILLE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell workers in Gabon began an "unlimited" strike on Thursday at all the company's......

UPDATE 1-Shell oil workers in Gabon begin “unlimited” strike on Thursday

Jan 12, 2017

(Adds background, quote from union) LIBREVILLE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell workers in Gabon began on Thursday an "unlimited" strike at all the......

Shell oil workers in Gabon begin “unlimited” strike on Thursday

Jan 12, 2017

LIBREVILLE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell workers in Gabon on Thursday began an "unlimited" strike on all operations in the Central African......

Sharan Burrow: When risks become reality who needs to act?

Jan 11, 2017

The 2017 World Economic Forum Global Risks Report should more aptly be seen as the sounding of a global emergency ...

Kentucky Republicans Pass Right-To-Work, Dropping The Hammer On Unions

Jan 7, 2017

Organized labor suffered its first major legislative setback due to the 2016 elections on Saturday, when Kentucky Republicans gave final ...

How Barack Obama Changed The Rules Of The Workplace

Jan 6, 2017

WASHINGTON ― In early 2014, as his domestic agenda languished with a Republican Congress, President Barack Obama undertook what White ...

Kentucky Republicans Poised To Pass Right-To-Work Law, Delivering Blow To Unions

Jan 4, 2017

Kentucky Republicans opened 2017 by introducing a slate of anti-union bills in both chambers of the state legislature, including legislation ...

UAW President’s Statement on Today’s Announcements

Jan 3, 2017

The following is a statement from UAW President Dennis Williams in reference to a tweet from President-Elect Donald Trump regarding the ...

Hotel Workers Win Their Battle With Donald Trump

Dec 30, 2016

WASHINGTON ― The hotel workers who fought President-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas for the past two years emerged with ...