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JAKARTA, May 23- All investigations into a tunnel collapse that killed 28 people at the world's No.2 copper mine, run by Freeport McMoRan Copper& Gold Inc in Indonesia, must be completed before workers return, a trade union official said on Thursday.
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BUENOS AIRES, April 25- Energy workers went on strike on Thursday at three oil fields in Argentina's Santa Cruz province, which produces about 20 percent of the country's crude oil, a trade union official said. The protest over internal union politics was launched by the Santa Cruz Private Oil and Gas Workers' Union.
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Millions of people who can't find a full-time job are taking anything that pays them under the table, and in turn are helping to boost consumption, say analysts.
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DETROIT, April 23- The head of the United Auto Workers union suggested German hourly workers at a General Motors Co plant should accept a deal they previously rejected in order to keep their jobs.
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BRASILIA, April 17- Brazil's main port labor unions said on Wednesday they have no plans to proceed with a strike they had threatened for Thursday while they study a proposed law outlining changes to regulations governing the country's ports. "There is a plenary meeting tomorrow," said a press officer at the National Federation of Stevedores. "
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The courting of immigrants rights groups, farmers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the tech industry and the AFL-CIO labor organization has paid off so far, with many of these players issuing positive initial statements about the bill.
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ROME, April 16- Thousands of idled Italian workers staged a sit-in in front of parliament on Tuesday and trade unions threatened strikes unless the government steps in to back a temporary jobless scheme which is running out of funds.
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WASHINGTON, April 12- U.S. growers, the United Farm Workers union and key senators agreed in principle on immigration reform for farm laborers, a grower coalition said on Friday, assuring the issue will be part of a comprehensive immigration bill to be unveiled next week.
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WASHINGTON, April 12- U.S. agricultural producers and the United Farm Workers union have agreed in principle on immigration reform for farm laborers, farm groups said on Friday, ahead of plans by senators to unveil a comprehensive reform bill next week.
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The agreement was reached on Friday night between the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Tom Donohue, and the president of the AFL-CIO labor organization, Richard Trumka, with New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer acting as the mediator, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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DETROIT, March 28- The United Auto Workers union said on Thursday it added members for the third straight year in 2012, as it organized workers from casinos as well as auto parts companies in Alabama and Kentucky, the union said on Thursday. The union is active in trying to organize workers at two Tennessee auto plants and one in Mississippi.
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*AFL-CIO, Chamber of Commerce trade accusations. The source said Democrats presented a plan and Republicans accepted it, but when senators showed it to the AFL-CIO, the labor union federation said no. But, according to the AFL-CIO, Democrats presented Republicans with a plan and the Republicans rejected it.
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TORONTO, March 22- The Canadian Auto Workers union has canceled a ratification vote for members at a General Motor Co assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, originally scheduled for this Sunday, a union representative said.
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More than 100,000 federal workers currently owe more than $1 billion in taxes. Should we just fire these government working tax cheats? Dan Greenhaus, BTIG; Gary Shapiro, Consumer Electronics Association CEO; Grover Norquist, Americans For Tax Reform, share their opinions.
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Patriot Coal has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for permission to cut benefits to United Mine Workers of America retirees.
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*Union still wants to organize southern auto plants. DETROIT, March 5- United Auto Workers President Bob King says he has finally begun to stem the decades-long membership decline in one of America's most powerful labor unions, but his goal of organizing at least one foreign-owned automaker in the South continues to elude him.
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FRANKFURT, March 4- Leaders of the IG Metall trade union on Monday called for a pay rise of up to 5.5 percent for some 3.7 million German workers, below last year's demand but still likely to result in an above-inflation increase.
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This business strategist says that in seeking to protect their members, unions actually end up hurting them.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb 27- The arrest of Mexico's best-known trade union leader on fraud charges has thrown down the gauntlet to powerful interests standing between President Enrique Pena Nieto and his plans to shake up Latin America's second-biggest economy.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb 27- The arrest of Mexico's best-known trade union leader on fraud charges has thrown down the gauntlet to powerful interests standing between President Enrique Pena Nieto and his plans to shake up Latin America's second-biggest economy.
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LEINFELDEN-ECHTERDINGEN, Germany, Feb 26- German trade union IG Metall is seeking a pay hike of 5.5 percent for industrial workers in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, a wage demand that is likely to set the tone across Germany in an election year.