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New Era workers and their student and union supporters announced significant victories and a major escalation of their campaign for a fair contract at the cap manufacturer’s Derby, N.Y., plant, exactly six months from the date Local 14177 went on strike.

Worker safety has fallen lower than ever on the list of concerns in the Bush White House, as the president used the congressional recess to stealthily appoint an outspoken anti-union attorney as the Labor Department’s solicitor and is expected to pull the plug on any hope of an ergonomics standard.

When a Mississippi jury found a Canadian-based conglomerate guilty of fraud for trying to put a family-owned funeral home out of business, the Canadian company filed a claim against the United States for $725 million.

The fight for fair trade is now in the hands of the U.S. Senate, after a corporate-backed bill to give President George W. Bush “fast track” trading authority squeaked by in the House shortly before the lawmakers’ holiday recess.

Union Privilege has contributed $25,000 to fund a new scholarship for union activists pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the National Labor College.

The college, located at the George Meany Center for Labor Studies in Silver Spring, Md., offers several labor-related degree programs.