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TCA: Bye bye Buzz

LabourStart Canada Francais - Wed, 2008-07-09 21:13
LabourStart headline - Source: SRC

G8 : Le SCFP s?adresse à Harper

LabourStart Canada Francais - Wed, 2008-07-09 21:13
LabourStart headline - Source: SCFP

Recouvrer son salaire et sa paye de vacances

LabourStart Canada Francais - Wed, 2008-07-09 21:13
LabourStart headline - Source: CTC

Quatre hôtels en grève

LabourStart Canada Francais - Wed, 2008-07-09 21:13
LabourStart headline - Source: SRC

Boeing Back in Running as Defense Secretary Reopens Air Contract

AFL-CIO Weblog - Wed, 2008-07-09 16:21

Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced today he is reopening competition for a fleet of U.S. Air Force refueling tankers. The decision comes three weeks after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) upheld Boeing’s protest of the Air Force’s decision to award the $35 billion contract to European-based EADS, maker of the Airbus, and Northrup.

Gates said he was putting his top acquisition official in charge of the competition. The GAO report cites significant errors by the Air Force that could have affected the outcome of what was a close competition between Boeing and EADS. The agency recommended that the contract be reopened.

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Got a Bad Boss? You Could Be in Luck

AFL-CIO Weblog - Wed, 2008-07-09 15:39

There are some pretty bad, downright nasty bosses out there and if you work for, or once worked for, the worst of the worst, Working America's third annual My Bad Boss Contest wants to hear from you.

The contest kicks off today and runs through Aug. 19. Not only does it give you a chance to vent, but you could also win:

  • First prize: A week's free stay at a condo of your choice in one of more than 50 countries. You'll also get $1,000 toward airfare and other travel/trip expenses.

  • Second prize: A week's free stay at a condo of your choice in one of more than 50 countries and $500 toward airfare or other travel/trip expenses.

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Consumer Avengers Reveal the Toxic Truth: Unfair Trade Kills

AFL-CIO Weblog - Wed, 2008-07-09 15:35

In the 1950s, the movie monsters and creatures that threatened the American way of life came from black lagoons, outer space and atomic bomb tests. In the 21st century, there's a real-life threat to the nation and the globe—toxic trade that kills jobs and the environment—and it came from the "free trade" laboratory.

Today, a 20-foot tall "Toxic Trader" monster—gripping a lead-tainted Thomas the Tank Engine in one hand and wearing a necktie of $100 bills—marched through the streets of Washington, D.C. But before he could find refuge at a meeting of Bush administration officials, "free trade" lobbyists and corporate executives whose trade experiments spawned the job-killing, planet-poisoning creature, he was brought to his knees by a trio of chem-suited and caped "Toxic Avengers."

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