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The most high-profile fights between conservatives and unions have played out in Wisconsin and other states across the country. But another one is brewing at the federal level, where Republicans are trying to change the law to make it harder for aviation and rail workers to unionize. But several Republicans have broken ranks with their party, and labor activists see them as an opportunity.

The Federal Aviation Administration authorizing bill should be brought back in for a landing because it contains provisions that would make it harder for airline and railroad workers to organize unions, several collective bargaining groups said Tuesday.

Attached are the terms of an agreement to change the expiration dates of the Alcatel-Lucents Contracts...

The following remarks were offered by Secretary-Treasurer Rechenbach at the 2011 Telecommunications & Technologies Leadership Conference in Jacksonville, Florida - March 7, 2011.