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One of the first groups to organize since the IUE and CWA agreed to merge has gone on strike against HBD Industries in Oneida, Tenn. The company manufactures industrial and automotive rubber products.

The Workers’ Rights Consortium, an independent monitoring organization, has notified the New Era Cap. Co. that it intends to investigate conditions at the company’s Derby, N.Y., plant based on complaints it has received.

More than 50 years ago, women working for the Bell System were instrumental in creating what became the Communications Workers of America.

Scores of economists agree with labor unions and social activists: The $1.35 trillion tax cut that President George W. Bush signed into law in June is fiscally irresponsible and grossly favors the country’s wealthy.

A year that started out as one of the politically bleakest for working families took a turn for the better in June with the shake-up in the U.S. Senate, a change likely to affect issues from family leave to foreign trade, as well as judicial appointments.